/ Thesaurus / S Synonyms of spoonfeeding Find synonyms for: Noun1. spoonfeeding, feeding, alimentationusage: feeding someone (as a baby) from a spoon2. spoonfeeding, teaching, instruction, pedagogyusage: teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thoughtVerb1. spoonfeed, feed, giveusage: feed with a spoon2. spoonfeed, teach, learn, instructusage: teach without challenging the students; "This professor spoonfeeds his students"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: languid Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language