Synonyms of schools

schools 1 of 2

noun

plural of school

as in academies

a place or establishment for teaching and learning

one of the first schools in the country to admit girls as students

Synonyms & Similar Words

• academies
• seminaries
• kindergartens
• academes
• public schools
• high schools
• secondary schools
• elementary schools
• boarding schools
• preparatory schools
• prep schools
• trade schools
• primary schools
• common schools
• grammar schools
• junior high schools
• senior high schools
• middle schools
• charter schools
• preps
• magnet schools
• Sunday schools
• training schools
• yeshivas
• madrassas
• minischools

schools

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of school

as in teaches

to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field

schooled their children in proper etiquette for formal occasions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• teaches
• educates
• lessons
• coaches
• tutors
• trains
• indoctrinates
• instructs
• lectures
• grounds
• mentors
• guides
• drills
• primes
• preaches
• prepares
• homeschools
• informs
• moralizes
• instills
• inculcates
• imparts (to)
• implants
• habilitates
• leads
• qualifies
• verses
• briefs
• shows
• catechizes
• edifies
• rears
• reschools
• reteaches
• fits
• reeducates
• directs
• enlightens
• familiarizes
• retrains
• initiates
• introduces

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of schools

Noun

Miami-Dade schools’ top financial official is leaving for a similar role at a nearby private university. — Austin Horn july 15, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

The cameras are designed to identify vehicles blocking bike lanes in areas with heavy traffic, including downtown and near schools. — Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 14 July 2026

All of those entities utilize local dollars to fund services like libraries, schools, roads and more. — Sofi Zeman july 14, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026

Google has also committed $5 million in energy affordability initiatives to support local Arkansas residents and schools, which is part of the company’s Greater West Memphis Energy Impact Fund. — Sydney Sasser, Arkansas Online, 14 July 2026

The onus will be on Newsom’s successor, most likely Xavier Becerra, to become the new schools sheriff in town. — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 14 July 2026

Leaders of the state’s largest teachers union plan to focus their efforts on passing Proposition 3, which would make permanent an existing tax on certain high earners to fund schools and community colleges. — Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Those schools join Carnegie Mellon, Tufts, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago and others in making tuition-free pledges for middle-class families with incomes ranging from roughly $75,000 to $250,000. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 8 July 2026

Meanwhile, just 7% of French schools are equipped with AC, and thousands closed their doors last week as temperatures in the classroom became unbearable. — CNN Money, 7 July 2026

Verb

Baltimore County's Board of Education named the former Anne Arundel County schools Chief Operating Officer (COO) as its next superintendent, officials announced Monday. — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 22 June 2026

There are people doing the hard work that schools such as Hi-Mount require. — Alan J. Borsuk, jsonline.com, 12 June 2026

This kind of inclusivity would explain Glenn Close‘s appearance — as a visiting literary scholar — at just the right moment, as well as Penélope Cruz’s showstopping cameo as Nené, a singer-slash-hooker who schools Sebastián on the then-nascent form of the modern transgender movement. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 May 2026

The same can’t be said for Pidgeon, a waifish Michigan native who attended two prestigious drama schools back-to-back—Interlochen Arts Academy and Carnegie Mellon—and was cast in the Amazon Prime series The Wilds straight out of school. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 20 Jan. 2026

Sales of the $6 tickets will be used to fund performances for students at Title I schools. — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2025