liberal arts
general title for studies in many areas (such as the arts, natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities)
Liberal arts
liberal arts
Noun
1. studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills); "the college of arts and sciences"
(synonym) humanistic discipline, humanities, arts
(hypernym) discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick, branch of knowledge
(hyponym) neoclassicism
liberal arts
Synonyms and related words:
academic specialty, area, classical education, core curriculum, course, course of study, curriculum, discipline, elective, field, general education, general studies, humanities, major, minor, proseminar, quadrivium, refresher course, scientific education, seminar, specialty, study, subdiscipline, subject, technical education, trivium
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
liberal arts