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

Prince Harry, 1998 - 2003 Prince Harry began his schooling at Eton a year after the death of his mother, Princess Diana. — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026

And currently, the Afghan government has suspended public schooling, a certain form of schooling, from seven onwards for girls. — CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026

Surovi was raised in a small village named Bolighati in Singra Upazila, Natore, and started her first schooling at a floating school. — Ali Asif Shawon, NPR, 5 Sep. 2026

In Saxony-Anhalt, AfD wants to allow home schooling, which so far isn't permitted in Germany. — ABC News, 31 Aug. 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