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

Alpha was founded in Austin, Texas, in 2014 by MacKenzie Price, who has become an outspoken critic of traditional schooling. — Maya Blackstone, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Avoiding the school Michelle doesn’t see a path forward at the elementary school at this point and is seriously thinking about home schooling both of her boys, and says other parents are considering the same. — Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026

Along the way the play takes on sexuality, growing up, what history actually is and what schooling is for. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026

The current president of the Hartford Federation of Teachers, Corey Moses, criticized the tax credit as an effort to privatize schooling in America. — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 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