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

The job posting notes the high school student has a very high IQ, but her extreme empathy and sensitivity has made traditional schooling difficult. —Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025

Zinner’s schooling School started out for Zinner, well, OK. —Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025

For decades, they have been disillusioned by the cynicism, intellectual narrowness and greed of the corporate academy, which chose profit over principles while providing knowledge without conscience, skill without reflection, and schooling without heart. —MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025

Williams attended Blue Springs High School before transferring to La Jolla Country Day School, a private school in California, to finish out her schooling. —Alexa Stone, Kansas City Star, 22 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