schooling

noun

school·​ing ˈskü-liŋ 

1

a

: instruction in school : education

b

: training, guidance, or discipline derived from experience

2

archaic : reproof

3

: the cost of instruction and maintenance at school

4

: the training of a horse for service

especially : the teaching and exercising of horse and rider in the formal techniques of equitation

Synonyms of schooling

• education
• teaching
• instruction

Examples of schooling in a Sentence

He has had little schooling.

the extended schooling needed for a horse to be able to make those precision movements

Recent Examples on the Web

Its $1500 cost reflects bringing 130 staff members from Copenhagen with housing, transportation and schooling covered by the restaurant. —Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026

That’s because Greenlanders currently have Danish citizenship and access to the Danish welfare system, including free health care and schooling. —Emma Burrows, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2026

Acquire new skills in programs or with more schooling to address skills gaps. —Essence, 8 Jan. 2026

Others dive the Vandenberg, a massive former military ship turned artificial reef now draped in coral and schooling fish, or swing by the Southernmost Point for a photo with the iconic buoy. —Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for schooling

• cooling
• drooling
• dueling
• duelling
• fooling
• fueling
• fuelling
• gruelling
• pooling
• ruling
• spooling
• tooling

Kids Definition

schooling

noun

school·​ing

ˈskül-iŋ

1

: instruction in school : education

2

: the cost of going to school