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textbook

adj · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Canada, Received-Pronunciation, US: /ˈtɛkst.bʊk/
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  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈtekst.bʊk/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to textbooks or their style, especially in being dry and pedagogical; textbooky, textbooklike.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: literally

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon, so that it might be included as an example in a textbook.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • textbook case

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Done exactly correctly, in an exemplary way that might be described in a textbook.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • Well done everyone, the tree fell exactly where we planned. That was textbook.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Learned from, or as if learned from, a textbook, as opposed to personal discovery or experience.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • He has a textbook understanding of company law but no practical experience of litigation.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: education

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a casebook schizophrenic
  • a textbook example

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: casebook

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a book prepared for use in schools or colleges

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his economics textbook is in its tenth edition
  • the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: text, text edition, schoolbook, school text

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: book

Narrower terms: crammer, introduction, primer, reader

History

Etymology

From text + book.

Across languages

Translations

172 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: դասագրքային (dasagrkʻayin) — of or pertaining to textbooks or their styles
  • Bulgarian: учебникарски (učebnikarski) — of or pertaining to textbooks or their styles
  • Chinese Mandarin: 教科書式 /教科书式 (jiàokēshū shì) — of or pertaining to textbooks or their styles
  • Czech: učebnicový — of or pertaining to textbooks or their styles
  • Danish: skole- — of or pertaining to textbooks or their styles
  • Finnish: oppikirja- — of or pertaining to textbooks or their styles
  • Finnish: koulu- — of or pertaining to textbooks or their styles
  • Polish: podręcznikowy — of or pertaining to textbooks or their styles
  • Spanish: libro — of or pertaining to textbooks or their styles
  • Volapük: tidabukik — of or pertaining to textbooks or their styles
  • Armenian: դասագրքային (dasagrkʻayin) — having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon
  • Bulgarian: типичен (tipičen) — having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 教科書式 /教科书式 (jiàokēshū shì) — having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 教科書般 /教科书般 (jiàokēshū bān) — having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon
  • Czech: učebnicový — having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon
  • Danish: sædvanlig — having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon
  • Finnish: oppikirja- — having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon
  • Finnish: koulu- — having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon
  • German: Bilderbuch- — having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon
  • German: lehrbuchmäßig — having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon
  • Italian: da manuale — having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon
  • Polish: podręcznikowy — having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon
  • Russian: этало́нный (etalónnyj) — having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon
  • Spanish: de manual — having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon
  • Abkhaz: ацхы́раагӡа (acxə́raagdza) — formal manual of instruction
  • Afrikaans: handboek — formal manual of instruction
  • Albanian: libër shkollor — formal manual of instruction
  • Albanian: tekst shkollor — formal manual of instruction
  • Northern Altai: ӱренер пичик (ürener pičik) — formal manual of instruction
  • Southern Altai: учебник (učebnik) — formal manual of instruction
  • Arabic: كِتَاب مَدْرَسِيّ (kitāb madrasiyy) — formal manual of instruction
  • Arabic: مَرْجِع (marjiʕ) — formal manual of instruction
  • Armenian: դասագիրք (dasagirkʻ) — formal manual of instruction
  • Asturian: testu — formal manual of instruction
  • Asturian: llibru de testu — formal manual of instruction
  • Azerbaijani: dərslik — formal manual of instruction
  • Azerbaijani: dərs kitabı — formal manual of instruction
  • Bashkir: дәреслек (dəreslek) — formal manual of instruction
  • Belarusian: падру́чнік (padrúčnik) — formal manual of instruction
  • Bengali: পাঠ্যপুস্তক (paṭṭhopustok) — formal manual of instruction
  • Bulgarian: уче́бник (učébnik) — formal manual of instruction
  • Burmese: ကျောင်းသုံးစာအုပ် (kyaung:sum:caup) — formal manual of instruction
  • Catalan: llibre de text — formal manual of instruction
  • Catalan: llibre de classe — formal manual of instruction
  • Chechen: ӏамат (ˀamat) — formal manual of instruction
  • Chinese Cantonese: 課本 /课本 (fo3 bun2) — formal manual of instruction
  • Chinese Cantonese: 教科書 /教科书 (gaau3 fo1 syu1) — formal manual of instruction
  • Chinese: җёкуәфу (jiokuəfu) — formal manual of instruction
  • Chinese: 課本 /课本 (zh-min-nan) — formal manual of instruction
  • Chinese: 教科書 /教科书 (zh-min-nan) — formal manual of instruction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 課本 /课本 (kèběn) — formal manual of instruction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 教科書 /教科书 (jiàokēshū) — formal manual of instruction
  • Chukchi: кэԓигъюԓеткин кэԓикэԓ (kėḷigʺjuḷetkin kėḷikėḷ) — formal manual of instruction
  • Chuvash: вӗренткӗч (vĕrentkĕč) — formal manual of instruction
  • Czech: učebnice — formal manual of instruction
  • Danish: lærebog — formal manual of instruction
  • Central Dusun: ḇuuk teks — formal manual of instruction
  • Dutch: studieboek — formal manual of instruction
  • Dutch: handboek — formal manual of instruction
  • Dutch: leerboek — formal manual of instruction
  • Dutch: schoolboek — formal manual of instruction
  • Esperanto: lernolibro — formal manual of instruction
  • Esperanto: tekstolibro — formal manual of instruction
  • Estonian: õpik — formal manual of instruction
  • Faroese: lærubók — formal manual of instruction
  • Faroese: skúlabók — formal manual of instruction
  • Finnish: oppikirja — formal manual of instruction
  • French: manuel — formal manual of instruction
  • French: livre de classe — formal manual of instruction
  • West-Frisian: skriuwboek — formal manual of instruction
  • Galician: libro de texto — formal manual of instruction
  • Georgian: სახელმძღვანელო (saxelmʒɣvanelo) — formal manual of instruction
  • German: Lehrbuch — formal manual of instruction
  • German: Schulbuch — formal manual of instruction
  • German: Handbuch — formal manual of instruction
  • Greek: σύγγραμμα (sýngramma) — formal manual of instruction
  • Hebrew: סֵפֶר לִמוּד (séfer limúd) — formal manual of instruction
  • Hindi: पाठ्यपुस्तक (pāṭhyapustak) — formal manual of instruction
  • Hindi: टेक्स्ट-बुक (ṭeksṭ-buk) — formal manual of instruction
  • Hungarian: tankönyv — formal manual of instruction
  • Iban: bup teks — formal manual of instruction
  • Icelandic: kennslubók — formal manual of instruction
  • Icelandic: skólabók — formal manual of instruction
  • Indonesian: buku pelajaran — formal manual of instruction
  • Indonesian: buku paket — formal manual of instruction
  • Indonesian: buku ajar — formal manual of instruction
  • Irish: téacsleabhar — formal manual of instruction
  • Italian: libro di testo — formal manual of instruction
  • Japanese: 教科書 (kyōkasho) — formal manual of instruction
  • Japanese: テキスト (tekisuto) — formal manual of instruction
  • Japanese: テキストブック (tekisutobukku) — formal manual of instruction
  • Kazakh: оқулық (oqulyq) — formal manual of instruction
  • Khmer: សៀវភៅសិក្សា (siəw phɨw səksaa) — formal manual of instruction
  • Khmer: សៀវភៅមើល (siəw phɨw məəl) — formal manual of instruction
  • Khmer: មេអាន (mei ʼaan) — formal manual of instruction
  • Khmer: ក្បួន (kbuən) — formal manual of instruction
  • Korean: 교과서 (gyogwaseo) — formal manual of instruction
  • Korean: 텍스트북 (tekseuteubuk) — formal manual of instruction
  • Kyrgyz: окуу китеби (okuu kitebi) — formal manual of instruction
  • Lao: ປຶ້ມແບບຮຽນ (pưm bǣp hīan) — formal manual of instruction
  • Lao: ຫນັງສືຮຽນ (nang sư̄ hīan) — formal manual of instruction
  • Lao: ປຶ້ມອ່ານ (pưm ʼān) — formal manual of instruction
  • Lao: ແບບຮຽນ (bǣp hīan) — formal manual of instruction
  • Lao: ຕໍາລາ (tam lā) — formal manual of instruction
  • Lao: ສູດ (sūt) — formal manual of instruction
  • Latin: līber definitivus — formal manual of instruction
  • Latvian: mācību grāmata — formal manual of instruction
  • Lithuanian: vadovėlis — formal manual of instruction
  • Macedonian: учебник (učebnik) — formal manual of instruction
  • Malay: buku teks — formal manual of instruction
  • Māori: pukapuka matua — formal manual of instruction
  • Māori: pukapuka kaupapa — formal manual of instruction
  • Mongolian: сурах бичиг (surax bičig) — formal manual of instruction
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lærebok — formal manual of instruction
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skolebøk — formal manual of instruction
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lærebok — formal manual of instruction
  • Ossetian: ахуыргӕнӕг чиныг — formal manual of instruction
  • Pannonian Rusyn: учебнїк (učebnjik) — formal manual of instruction
  • Pashto: درسي کتاب (darsi kitāb) — formal manual of instruction
  • Iranian Persian: کِتابِ دَرْسی (ketâb-e darsi) — formal manual of instruction
  • Iranian Persian: کِتابِ دَرْس (ketâb-e dars) — formal manual of instruction
  • Plautdietsch: Läsbuak — formal manual of instruction
  • Polish: podręcznik — formal manual of instruction
  • Portuguese: livro de texto — formal manual of instruction
  • Portuguese: compêndio — formal manual of instruction
  • Portuguese: sebenta — formal manual of instruction
  • Portuguese: apostila — formal manual of instruction
  • Portuguese: livro didático — formal manual of instruction
  • Romanian: manual — formal manual of instruction
  • Russian: уче́бник (učébnik) — formal manual of instruction
  • Russian: посо́бие (posóbije) — formal manual of instruction
  • Russian: руково́дство (rukovódstvo) — formal manual of instruction
  • Scottish Gaelic: teacs-leabhar — formal manual of instruction
  • Semai: bob teks — formal manual of instruction
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̏џбенӣк — formal manual of instruction
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȕdžbenīk — formal manual of instruction
  • Shan: ပပ်ႉႁဵၼ်း (pâ̰p háen) — formal manual of instruction
  • Slovak: učebnica — formal manual of instruction
  • Slovene: učbenik — formal manual of instruction
  • Spanish: manual — formal manual of instruction
  • Spanish: libro escolar — formal manual of instruction
  • Spanish: libro de texto — formal manual of instruction
  • Spanish: texto — formal manual of instruction
  • Swahili: kitabu cha kiada — formal manual of instruction
  • Swedish: lärobok — formal manual of instruction
  • Tagalog: aralang aklat — formal manual of instruction
  • Tagalog: aklat-aralin — formal manual of instruction
  • Tagalog: aklat-pampaaralan — formal manual of instruction
  • Tagalog: teksbuk — formal manual of instruction
  • Tajik: китоби дарсӣ (kitob-i darsi) — formal manual of instruction
  • Tatar: дәреслек (däreslek) — formal manual of instruction
  • Telugu: పాఠ్యపుస్తకము (pāṭhyapustakamu) — formal manual of instruction
  • Thai: ตําราเรียน (dtam-raa-riian) — formal manual of instruction
  • Thai: ตํารา (dtam-raa) — formal manual of instruction
  • Thai: หนังสือเรียน (nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ-riian) — formal manual of instruction
  • Tibetan: སློབ་དེབ — formal manual of instruction
  • Tigrinya: መጽሓፈ ትምህርቲ (mäṣḥafä təmhərti) — formal manual of instruction
  • Turkish: ders kitabı — formal manual of instruction
  • Turkmen: okuw kitaby — formal manual of instruction
  • Ukrainian: підру́чник (pidrúčnyk) — formal manual of instruction
  • Urdu: نِصابی کِتاب (nisābī kitāb) — formal manual of instruction
  • Urdu: دَرْسی کِتاب (darsī kitāb) — formal manual of instruction
  • Urdu: ٹیکْسْٹ بُک (ṭeksṭ buk) — formal manual of instruction
  • Uyghur: دەرسلىك (derslik) — formal manual of instruction
  • Uzbek: darslik — formal manual of instruction
  • Vietnamese: sách giáo khoa — formal manual of instruction
  • Volapük: tidabuk — formal manual of instruction
  • Welsh: gwerslyfr — formal manual of instruction
  • Yiddish: לערנבוך (lernbukh) — formal manual of instruction
  • Yiddish: האַנטבוך (hantbukh) — formal manual of instruction
  • Yiddish: טעקסטבוך (tekstbukh) — formal manual of instruction
  • Zhuang: gobwnj — formal manual of instruction
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