Synonyms of schooled

schooled 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in experienced

Related Words

• experienced
• seasoned
• practiced
• cultured
• civilized
• cultivated
• knowing
• polished
• bored
• skeptical
• refined
• jaded
• cynical
• pragmatic
• urbane
• realistic
• suave
• cosmopolitan
• sophisticated
• worldly
• sober
• down-to-earth
• worldly-wise
• smart

Dissimilar Words

• untutored
• naive
• unsophisticated
• inexperienced
• innocent
• guileless
• raw
• green
• ingenuous
• parochial
• unworldly
• provincial
• callow
• rustic
• wide-eyed
• uncultured
• simple
• uncivilized
• unrefined
• childlike
• idealistic
• simpleminded
• impractical
• uncritical
• philistine
• unknowing

2

as in educated

Related Words

• educated
• highbrow
• intellectual
• highbrowed
• eloquent
• formal
• towering
• majestic
• learned
• stately
• scholastic
• belletristic
• elevated
• bombastic
• literary
• academic
• pedantic
• lofty
• stilted
• high-flown
• declamatory
• pompous
• flowery
• erudite
• bookish
• florid
• grandiloquent
• highfalutin
• donnish
• inkhorn

Dissimilar Words

• colloquial
• familiar
• nonliterary
• conversational
• chatty
• informal
• illiterate
• unbookish
• slangy

schooled

2 of 2

verb

past tense of school

as in taught

to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field

schooled their children in proper etiquette for formal occasions

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of schooled

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

Verb

Once you’re schooled, remember to update your bed pillows, pillowcases, and, of course, treat yourself to a new sheet set to round out your sleepscape. — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 5 Aug. 2026

She was schooled in The African Methodist Pocket Hymn Book and the word-power of sermons. — Ian Penman, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Other coaches might have channeled Crash Davis as schooled in Bull Durham, opting to cliché their way out of the tricky spot. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

Webb was schooled in the Air Raid before the invention of the Air Pod. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 July 2026

Les Bleus schooled the Blågult, and there are few superlatives left for the French captain and his attacking rogues’ gallery. — Mark Hodge, NBC news, 1 July 2026

Whoever is landing in Texas are going to be absolutely schooled by some of the best barbecue Texas-style restaurants anywhere in the world. — James Horncastle, New York Times, 24 June 2026

McKenzie, who is home-schooled, transferred from Orange City University to Lake Mary in the fall of 2025 to play football before a knee injury last summer hindered that plan. — Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026

Hundreds of striped angelfish and iridescent parrotfish schooled through the water in rippling clouds, scales flashing. — Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026