| Tuition 1. (n.) Superintending care over a young person; the particular watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward; guardianship. 2. (n.) Especially, the act, art, or business of teaching; instruction; as, children are sent to school for tuition; his tuition was thorough. 3. (n.) The money paid for instruction; the price or payment for instruction. Thesaurus Entries catechization, coaching, didactics, direction, edification, education, enlightenment, guidance, illumination, information, instruction, pedagogics, pedagogy, preparation, private teaching, programmed instruction, reeducation, schooling, self-instruction, self-teaching, spoon-feeding, teaching, training, tutelage, tutorage, tutoring, tutorship |