SCHOOLED Synonyms: 137 Similar and Opposite Words

schooled 1 of 2

adjective

as in experienced

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as in educated

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schooled

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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

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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

It can justifiably be credited with building Norway’s strongest team in a generation, with most of head coach Stale Solbakken’s 26-man World Cup squad schooled there. —

Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 16 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 He is being schooled by faithful Duncan aka Man-At-Arms (Idris Elba) in all the proper swordplay and other attributes to be a warrior for the Castle Grayskull presided over by his father, King Randor (James Purefoy), and mother (who actually grew up on Earth), Queen Marlena (Charlotte Riley). —

Pete Hammond, Deadline, 2 June 2026 This is especially true early in the spawn, when the shallowest waters heat up first, and crappies arrive looking for baitfish schooled up right to shore. —

John Phillips, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026 Cesario said at the committee meeting that the district will be looking for a coach who is already familiar and schooled in the IB program. —

Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026 The Heat, frankly, could have schooled many of these teams on roster-building for the first 25 years of the Pat Riley era. —

Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026 He was likely schooled locally, studying Latin and classical writers such as Ovid and Virgil. —

Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026

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Adjective

From congested lines for TSA screenings to ever-changing departure times and hard-to-find gates, airports can trip up even the most experienced travelers.

— Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2026
Detaille argues that the next wave of premium storytelling could come from pairing online-native creators with experienced film and television writers, producers and executives.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 24 June 2026