Synonyms and antonyms of General areas of study in British Thesaurus

arts (noun)

education subjects of study that are not scientific, such as history, literature, and languages

earth science (noun)

a science that involves studying the Earth, for example geography or geology

the humanities (noun)

subjects such as history, literature, and philosophy that are based on the study of human culture and ideas

information science (noun)

the study of the processes involved in collecting, organizing, and using computer information

liberal arts (noun)

school or college subjects that give students a general education and teach them to think, rather than those subjects that develop practical skills

life sciences (noun)

subjects that involve the study of people, animals, or plants

natural science (noun)

sciences that deal with the physical world, considered as a group or as individual subjects such as physics, chemistry, or biology

physical science (noun)

sciences such as geography and physics that deal with things that are not alive. Sciences such as biology that deal with things that are alive are called life sciences.

science (noun)

the study and knowledge of the physical world and its behaviour that is based on experiments and facts that can be proved, and is organized into a system

science (noun)

an area of study that uses scientific methods

science (noun)

a scientific subject such as chemistry, physics, or biology

social science (noun)

one of the separate subjects that deal with the way societies are organized, for example history or sociology. These subjects are referred to as the social sciences.