Meanings
- uncountableEducation beyond a level viewed as basic, such as any beyond universal government-funded secondary education.
Holonym: education
1 more example
He pursued various higher education via trade school and community college.
Synonyms: further education, higher learning, tertiary education, tertiary-level education
- uncountableEducation at a university level or beyond. (Often with more or less connotation of education that leads to higher rank in a hierarchy of social class.)
For some, the goals of their higher education involved deep meaningfulness or the frontiers of knowledge; others aspired merely to elitism. Some were honest enough to admit to themselves that meaning, service, money, and class rank were all among their motives.
1 more example
Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.
2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2021Synonyms: further education, higher learning, tertiary education, tertiary-level education
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEducation beyond a level viewed as basic, such as any beyond universal government-funded secondary education.
nounEducation at a university level or beyond. (Often with more or less connotation of education that leads to higher rank in a hierarchy of social class.)
Translations
Bulgarian висше образование, висше
- висше образование (visše obrazovanie)education at university level or beyond
- висше (visše)education at university level or beyond
Chinese Mandarin 高等教育
- 高等教育 (gāoděng jiàoyù)education at university level or beyond
Danish videregående uddannelse, højere uddannelse
- videregående uddannelseeducation at university level or beyond
- højere uddannelseeducation at university level or beyond
Dutch hoger onderwijs
- hoger onderwijseducation at university level or beyond
Estonian kõrgharidus
- kõrghariduseducation at university level or beyond
Finnish korkeakoulutus
- korkeakoulutuseducation at university level or beyond
French études supérieures, enseignement supérieur
- études supérieureseducation at university level or beyond
- enseignement supérieureducation at university level or beyond
German Hochschulbildung
- Hochschulbildungeducation at university level or beyond
Hindi उच्च शिक्षा
- उच्च शिक्षा (ucc śikṣā)education at university level or beyond
Hungarian felsőoktatás
- felsőoktatáseducation at university level or beyond
Icelandic háskólamenntun
- háskólamenntuneducation at university level or beyond
Indonesian pendidikan tinggi
- pendidikan tinggieducation at university level or beyond
Irish ardoideachas
- ardoideachaseducation at university level or beyond
Italian istruzione superiore
- istruzione superioreeducation at university level or beyond
Japanese 高等教育
- 高等教育 (kōtō kyōiku)education at university level or beyond
Korean 고등교육
- 고등교육 (godeunggyoyuk)education at university level or beyond
Lithuanian aukštàsis išsilãvinimas
- aukštàsis išsilãvinimaseducation at university level or beyond
Māori mātauranga matua
- mātauranga matuaeducation at university level or beyond
Polish wyższe wykształcenie
- wyższe wykształcenieeducation at university level or beyond
Portuguese ensino superior
- ensino superioreducation at university level or beyond
Romanian educație superioară, educație înaltă
- educație superioarăeducation at university level or beyond
- educație înaltăeducation at university level or beyond
- pregătire universitarăeducation at university level or beyond
- învățământ superioreducation at university level or beyond
Russian вы́сшее образова́ние
- вы́сшее образова́ние (výsšeje obrazovánije)education at university level or beyond
Slovak vysokoškolské vzdelanie, vysokoškolské vzdelávanie
- vysokoškolské vzdelanieeducation at university level or beyond
- vysokoškolské vzdelávanieeducation at university level or beyond
- vysoké školstvoeducation at university level or beyond
Spanish educación superior, educación más alta
- educación superioreducation at university level or beyond
- educación más altaeducation at university level or beyond
Swedish högre utbildning, eftergymnasial utbildning
- högre utbildningeducation at university level or beyond
- eftergymnasial utbildningeducation at university level or beyond
- akademiska studiereducation at university level or beyond
Tagalog mataas na edukasyon
- mataas na edukasyoneducation at university level or beyond
Thai อุดมศึกษา, การศึกษาขั้นสูง
- อุดมศึกษา (ù-dom-sʉ̀k-sǎa)education at university level or beyond
- การศึกษาขั้นสูงeducation at university level or beyond
Ukrainian вища освіта
- вища освіта (vyšča osvita)education at university level or beyond
Vietnamese nền giáo dục đại học
- nền giáo dục đại họceducation at university level or beyond
Welsh addysg uwch
- addysg uwcheducation at university level or beyond
Cite this entry
higher education. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/higher%20education
“higher education.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/higher%20education. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “higher education,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/higher%20education.
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