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adjective

as in schooled

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homeschooled

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verb

past tense of homeschool
as in drilled

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homeschooled
  1. schooled
  2. drilled
  3. instructed
  4. grounded
  5. self-taught
  6. informed
  7. skilled
  8. qualified
Adjective
  • But, as Mitski well recognizes — and was obviously able to convince management and booking — the 8,000 or so mostly young people who were able to attend over the course of a week won’t likely ever forget being this thoroughly schooled.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The girl was from New Jersey, where parents are not required to inform the government of their intent to home-school a child and where a lack of state oversight means many children go un-schooled.
    — Eleanor Sobel, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
Definition of schooled
Verb
  • Five minutes later, Temwa Chawinga drilled a ball from outside the 18-yard box that bounced off a Ghana defender and into the net for the equalizer.
    — PJ Green August 9, Kansas City Star, 10 Aug. 2026
  • In reality, the well may be drilled nearly 1 mile deep, and then curved by turning roughly 4 degrees every 100 feet.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of drilled
Adjective
  • The country has introduced price caps on gasoline and other petroleum products for the first time in decades to prevent costs from soaring, and instructed refiners to divert naphtha exports for domestic use while scrambling to secure alternative oil supplies and shipping routes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 May 2026
  • Its demise has stranded thousands of passengers who have to adjust plans and millions who have tickets for future dates — Spirit canceled all flights, shut down its customer service and instructed customers not to go to the airport.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
Definition of instructed
Verb
  • This week brought me from Belgian Gothic seminaries to Victorian mansions, with a few aggressively average $4,700 apartments sprinkled among them to keep us grounded.
    — Nora DeLigter, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2026
  • After the Challenger disaster, the shuttle program was grounded for two years.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of grounded
Adjective
  • Smith started in finance and was self-taught in the business of fashion, building brands from the ground up, learning every part of the process–design, product development, manufacturing, marketing–by doing.
    — Rebecca Suhrawardi, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Ghasemipour is self-taught, which is why his pizza craft is so obsessive.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 June 2026
Definition of self-taught
Verb
  • Hence privy to means privately informed, while privy for a toilet comes from the idea of a private place.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • One student has described the moment a fellow pupil ran into their classroom and informed them that a teacher had been shot, during Friday’s deadly shooting.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of informed
Adjective
  • The outlet reported that the character, who is a preteen in season 4 of Ted Lasso, has grown into a skilled soccer player — something Feely alluded to in an October 2025 interview with the Birmingham Parent.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Data center investment offers an opportunity to expand the tax base, create high-wage skilled trades and technology jobs, and support broader infrastructure modernization.
    — Ron Kitchens, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of skilled
Verb
  • Having qualified, candidates for the state House receive a $38,575 grant and $131,155 to run for the state Senate.
    — Elona Vaisnys, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Like the previous three tournaments the team qualified for (2010, 2014, 2022), the USMNT reached the round of 16 in 2026.
    — Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of qualified
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“Homeschooled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homeschooled. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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