scholarshipEnglishOxford American Thesaurusscholarship noun 1 Prague became one of the centers of medieval scholarship | a woman of great scholarship: learning, book learning, knowledge, erudition, education, letters, culture, academic study, academic achievement, intellectual attainment; wisdom, lore. 2 a scholarship of $200 per term: grant, award, endowment, payment; fellowship; British bursary, bursarship, exhibition.