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

• 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

South Africa could not endure the isolation or the costs of apartheid, which required separate and segregated housing, schooling, health care, and infrastructure for three different races. —Robin Wright, New Yorker, 23 June 2025

These laws cover how low long kids can work as well as schooling requirements, permits and financial protections. —Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2025

Her upbringing played a large hand in inspiring her to run for office in the late 90s, said Stephenson, fueled by inequality in infrastructure and schooling between her hometown and the wealthier suburbs. —Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 16 June 2025

In adult jails across Maryland, minors spend up to 23 hours a day in isolation, go without schooling, and in some cases avoid showering for fear of being raped. —Rachel Baye, NPR, 5 June 2025

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