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

In July, President Lee Jae Myung, a liberal, instructed officials to explore ways to allow women to use the two-drug combination pack. — Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026

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

Verb

After hearing about the pensions and the homes, Reid instructed lawyers to determine whether their clients could contribute toward the cost of their defense. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026

In 2000 Warren Jeffs instructed FLDS followers to pull their children from public schools in order to teach them in the community. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026

People inside Notre Dame Stadium were instructed to remain there, while others on campus were told to shelter in place. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

As a result, military doctors are instructed not to prescribe testosterone therapy to anyone hoping to have children in the near future. — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

The dispatcher then instructed Ameen to apply pressure to Abdulla’s stomach wound. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

New Hampshire has likewise instructed municipalities to preserve 2024 ballots until further notice, an official said. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 17 Sep. 2026

According to Reuters, Tehran instructed the Houthis to escalate, promising them more money, weapons, and expert Iranian advisers. — Jason D. Greenblatt, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026

After the results of a close Marshall City Council race in central Missouri had been certified, Hoskins' office received a complaint about the tallying of write-in votes, recounted them itself and instructed city officials to change the results. — Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026