TRAINED Synonyms: 301 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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as in housebroken

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as in qualified

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trained

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verb

past tense of train

as in prepared

to bring to a proper or desired state of fitness has been training track-and-field athletes at the school for years

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deconditioned

as in taught

to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field will train the students in good study habits

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as in focused

to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective train all your thoughts on imagining how you'd score the winning goal in the game

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as in aimed

to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal trained his eyes on the distant bull's-eye

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as in equipped

to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function he's so experienced that they usually use him to train new recruits

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Recent Examples of trained

Adjective

Hundreds of millions of people are using its generative AI tools each week, so people are beginning to tap into the power of these generative pre-trained transformers (GPT) and large language models (LLMs). —

Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026 Even trained and experienced guides may violate emotional or interpersonal boundaries of participants, who are in vulnerable and suggestible states brought on by the effects of the drugs themselves. —

Erica Rex, STAT, 19 Feb. 2026 Oasis Tutoring is just one component of the national Oasis program, which connects trained volunteers, typically aged 50-plus, with students needing help across the Ramona Unified School District. —

Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026 The use of pre-trained teacher networks and machine learning frameworks means enterprises need to make sure the machine learning supply chain is secure. —

IEEE Spectrum, 11 Mar. 2021

Verb

First off, the man in question actually was an expert—not only better trained in depicting the human body (a study not easily accessed by young women of the haute bourgeoisie) but one of the great painters of the nineteenth century. —

Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026 To simulate Antarctica’s brutally cold temperatures, Khare trained inside a storage freezer set to 5 degrees Fahrenheit in downtown Los Angeles, running on a treadmill while dialing in every detail. —

Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026 Wei Sun, principal analyst at market analysis firm Counterpoint Research, highlighted the fact that V4 is run on domestic chips from Huawei and Cambricon, another Chinese AI chipmaker, in comparison to R1, which was trained on Nvidia hardware. —

John Liu, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026 Originally trained as a chef, Michael switched to become a guide for Chem Chem and later Asilia. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2026 Karampour trained at the École documentaire de Lussas following studies in sociology at EHESS and cinema at Sorbonne Nouvelle University. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026 Climbing hydrangeas are vigorous growers and sometimes require a heavier hand to keep them trained to their trellis. —

Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2026 Filed on behalf of Adair’s young daughter and his estate, the suit contends deputies were improperly trained to handle use of force situations at the time of his death. —

Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2026 Tufton Avenue, ridden by Dan Nevin and trained by Mark Beecher, won the John Rush Streett Memorial Steeplechase with a $20,000 purse. —

Michael Howes, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trained

Adjective

One housebroken joey would watch television in their living room.

— Washington Post, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2021
The country’s leading art educator was the mediocre German painter Anton Raphael Mengs, who promulgated a sort of housebroken neoclassicism.

— Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2020