Scholarship

Origin

From scholar + -ship.

Noun

1. A grant-in-aid to a student.
2. The character or qualities of a scholar.
3. The activity, methods or attainments of a scholar.
4. (uncountable) The sum of knowledge accrued by scholars; the realm of refined learning.
5. (Australia, dated) The first year of high school, often accompanied by exams that needed to be passed before advancement to the higher grades.

Related terms

• school
• scholar, scholarly
• scholarism archaic
• scholastic, scholasticism
• scholasticate

Synonyms

• (money to assist a student to study) allowance, grant, stipend, subsidy, bursary
• (character of a scholar)
• (activity of a scholar)
• (knowledge accrued by the activity of scholars)