English noun: field of study | |||
1. | field of study (cognition) a branch of knowledge | ||
Samples | In what discipline is his doctorate?. Teachers should be well trained in their subject. Anthropology is the study of human beings. | ||
Synonyms | bailiwick, discipline, field, study, subject, subject area, subject field | ||
Broader (hypernym) | domain, knowledge base, knowledge domain | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | allometry, applied science, architecture, arts, bibliotics, communication theory, communications, divinity, engineering, engineering science, escapology, frontier, futuristics, futurology, genealogy, graphology, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, major, military science, numerology, occultism, ology, protology, science, scientific discipline, technology, theogony, theology | ||