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

Now he’s enrolled in an online cybersecurity training course, schooling paid for by the state program that’s set to expire in the next couple of years. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025

Talk shows, newspapers, and politicians warned that the Pac-Man titles led good children into video game addiction, drugs, and violence while abandoning their responsibilities and schooling. —Time, 8 Oct. 2025

As a young boy, Cashel learned to play traditional Irish music on the fiddle, which molded the trajectory of his schooling and early career. —Alyssa Davis, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025

In an unusual schooling setup, Irene was one of a group of children taught by their academic parents, including her own by then famous mother, Marie Curie. —Andrea Richard, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 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