schooling

1 of 2

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

schooling

2 of 2

present participle of school entry 2, school entry 4

Synonyms of schooling

Noun

• education
• teaching
• instruction

Examples of schooling in a Sentence

Noun

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

Noun

His gotcha moment became a schooling by Klobuchar on basketball, turning the tables on the age-old art of mansplaining. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

But, according to court documents, when Avery moved to foster care, her schooling and the many hours of therapy stopped. — Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026

Again, the question of schooling and inequality is reduced to individual, racialized choices. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026

The California State University system currently requires undergraduate applicants whose schooling was in a language other than English to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language to prove their proficiency in the language. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

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