Synonyms of schooling

schooling 1 of 2

noun

ˈskü-liŋ 

as in education

the act or process of imparting knowledge or skills to another

the extended schooling needed for a horse to be able to make those precision movements

Synonyms & Similar Words

• education
• teaching
• instruction
• training
• tuition
• tutoring
• tutelage
• preparation
• development
• pedagogy
• conditioning
• cultivation
• coaching
• higher education
• pedagogics
• improvement
• higher learning
• didactics
• enlightenment
• direction
• guidance
• readying
• nurturing
• edification
• nurturance

schooling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of school

as in teaching

to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field

schooled their children in proper etiquette for formal occasions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• teaching
• educating
• training
• tutoring
• indoctrinating
• instructing
• coaching
• lessoning
• lecturing
• mentoring
• homeschooling
• guiding
• preaching
• preparing
• drilling
• grounding
• priming
• rearing
• moralizing
• informing
• qualifying
• instilling
• retraining
• inculcating
• leading
• catechizing
• habilitating
• edifying
• imparting (to)
• fitting
• enlightening
• implanting
• introducing
• briefing
• showing
• directing
• reteaching
• familiarizing
• reschooling
• reeducating
• initiating
• versing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of schooling

Noun

The schools were evaluated not just on cost and the quality of schooling, but also on student-faculty ratios and graduation rates using a 100-point scale. — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2026

In a 2022 op-ed in The New Republic, el Sayed acknowledged that children suffered significant learning loss from missing in-person schooling, as well as the strain on parents trying to work to support their families. — Gabrielle M. Etzel, The Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2026

Verb

Others have continued schooling or gone on to other industries. — Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026

Glory to God, a facility that provides physical therapy, behavioral therapy, and schooling for medically fragile children, is among those affected. — Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 4 June 2026