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 of schooling

• 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

He was born in London and received his schooling in the United Kingdom, according to the BU athletics website. —Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025

Amid the ongoing gang attacks on homes, public infrastructures and other buildings, Haitians continue to face severe challenges in getting healthcare, food and schooling. —Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2025

The British Invasion brought those songs to the United States, schooling millions of White American rock fans on the music of Black America. —USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025

Milwaukee has a huge reading crisis, involving the large majority of students in all schools and all sectors of schooling in the city. —Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 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