Synonyms of instructed

instructed 1 of 2

adjective

as in informed

Related Words

• informed
• trained
• skilled
• schooled
• briefed
• didactic
• professorial
• enlightened
• pedantic
• academic
• versed
• self-instructed
• didactical
• polished
• bookish
• self-taught
• well-bred
• learned
• homeschooled
• self-educated
• inkhorn
• cultivated
• refined
• educated
• cultured
• knowledgeable
• civilized
• highbrowed
• cerebral
• highbrow
• intellectual
• overeducated
• lettered
• literate
• erudite
• scholarly
• polyhistoric
• polymath
• well-read

Dissimilar Words

• ignorant
• unlearned
• illiterate
• uneducated
• benighted
• dark
• unlettered
• uncivilized
• uncultivated
• uncultured
• unscholarly
• semiliterate
• uninformed
• uninstructed
• unpolished
• unrefined
• unintellectual
• lowbrow
• untutored
• untaught
• unknowledgeable
• unschooled
• undereducated
• ill-bred

instructed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of instruct

1

as in taught

to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field

spent his military career instructing young pilots

Synonyms & Similar Words

• taught
• educated
• trained
• schooled
• tutored
• indoctrinated
• coached
• prepared
• guided
• lectured
• informed
• lessoned
• mentored
• primed
• preached
• drilled
• led
• grounded
• directed
• qualified
• introduced
• briefed
• instilled
• inculcated
• versed
• initiated
• showed
• implanted
• familiarized
• enlightened
• fitted
• edified
• moralized
• retrained
• reared
• habilitated
• catechized
• homeschooled
• imparted (to)
• retaught
• reeducated
• reschooled

2

as in advised

to give information to

instructed everyone in the use of the new telephone system

Synonyms & Similar Words

• informed
• advised
• told
• briefed
• taught
• acquainted
• apprised
• versed
• educated
• familiarized
• enlightened
• notified
• alerted
• cleared
• caught up
• filled in
• let someone know
• convinced
• kept (someone) posted
• lectured
• hipped
• assured
• reassured
• clued (in)
• advertised
• wised (up)
• announced (to)
• disclosed (to)
• certified
• schooled
• tutored
• warranted
• disillusioned
• disenchanted
• disabused
• undeceived

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misled
• misinformed

3

as in told

to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority

the proctors instructed everyone to put their pencils down and hand in their tests

Synonyms & Similar Words

• told
• ordered
• asked
• commanded
• directed
• advised
• enjoined
• begged
• warned
• adjured
• requested
• charged
• appointed
• bade
• required
• petitioned
• compelled
• authorized
• forced
• bossed (around)
• assigned
• entreated
• commissioned
• obliged
• beseeched
• managed
• supervised
• counseled
• led
• conducted
• controlled
• constrained
• coerced
• superintended
• oversaw

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• followed
• observed
• kept
• obeyed
• minded
• complied (with)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of instructed

Adjective

Judge William Sullivan denied Reddington’s request for a mistrial but instructed prosecutors to address the issue with their witness. — Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026

The judge denied the motion but instructed jurors to dismiss the comments and sent them home early. — Nbc News, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2026

Refusing to step out when instructed can lead to charges like interfering with public duties or resisting detention, even if the underlying stop was for a minor violation. — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2026

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, 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

The Plus line consists of food-flavoring essential oils that are pure enough to ingest (only in the instructed amounts). — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026

Workers reported that in early August supervisors cut night shifts and later instructed casual and contract workers not to return. — Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 2 Oct. 2025

The company removed the press release from its website and instructed employees not to mention it again, according to the filing. — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025

Verb

The Indiana Utility Consumer Counselor was instructed to file a complaint and seek a review from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Prosecutors said the witness was not intending to be inflammatory and asked that the jury be instructed to dismiss the statements from Heilbrun on her religion. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2026

The judge immediately called a sidebar and instructed the jury not to consider that question. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

She was instructed to think of someone in her life, describe them, walk around as them, become them — then pull from other real-life situations, then let the magic of fiction take over. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026

The incident comes days after the judge instructed the jury to disregard another question about religion. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026

Police said the boys told investigators they were instructed to pose naked for Barr. — Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026

Prior to the concert, Hager explained that her eldest daughter, Mila, had instructed her to wear polka dots to the event. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Aug. 2026

When a user instructed Copilot to summarize the page, the assistant followed instructions hidden in the page metadata to update the memory. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026