Synonyms for study

a detailed critical inspection (noun)

• survey

applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading) (noun)

• work

a written document describing the findings of some individual or group (noun)

• report

a branch of knowledge (noun)

• discipline
• subject
• field
• bailiwick

preliminary drawing for later elaboration (noun)

• sketch

attentive consideration and meditation (noun)

• cogitation

consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning (verb)

• analyze
• analyse
• examine
• canvass

give careful consideration to (verb)

• consider

be a student of a certain subject (verb)

• learn
• read
• take

learn by reading books (verb)

think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes (verb)

• meditate
• contemplate