Synonyms of trained

trained 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in housebroken

Related Words

• housebroken
• domesticated
• tamed
• broken
• tame
• halterbroken
• docile
• domestic
• familiar
• subdued
• submissive
• gentle
• semidomesticated

Dissimilar Words

• wild
• savage
• untrained
• feral
• untamed
• unbroken
• undomesticated
• wildish

2

as in qualified

Related Words

• qualified
• armed
• conditioned
• fortified
• prepared
• braced
• steeled
• primed
• ripe
• ready
• go
• fit
• set

Dissimilar Words

• unprepared
• unready
• underprepared
• untrained
• unqualified
• flat-footed
• half-cocked
• half-baked

3

as in skilled

Related Words

• skilled
• educated
• informed
• schooled
• learned
• knowledgeable
• literate
• scholarly
• erudite
• creative
• cerebral
• sane
• astute
• prudent
• judicious
• sound
• savvy
• inventive
• sensible
• acute
• wise
• well-read
• sage
• discerning
• sagacious
• knowing
• perceptive
• genial
• insightful
• cunning
• wily
• highbrow
• shrewd
• resourceful
• crafty
• apt
• heady
• perspicacious
• sapient
• percipient
• ingenious
• reasonable
• intelligent
• logical
• foxy
• rational
• alert
• nimble
• brilliant
• exceptional
• keen
• smart
• clever
• quick
• brainy
• fast
• quick-witted
• hyperintelligent
• supersmart
• ultrasmart
• sharp-witted
• bright
• sharp

Dissimilar Words

• slow
• dumb
• dense
• simple
• stupid
• mindless
• soft
• thick
• unintelligent
• brainless
• pinheaded
• opaque
• dopey
• dull
• brain-dead
• obtuse
• softheaded
• thickheaded
• dim
• doltish
• fatuous
• vacuous
• weak-minded
• senseless
• dunderheaded
• witless
• boneheaded
• feebleminded
• foolish
• simpleminded
• dorky
• ignorant
• knuckleheaded
• uneducated
• slow-witted
• dim-witted
• illiterate
• bubbleheaded
• idiotic
• imbecile
• gormless
• silly
• half-witted
• chuckleheaded
• airheaded
• untaught
• uninformed
• moronic
• unsmart
• thick-witted
• lamebrain
• lunkheaded
• empty-headed
• birdbrained
• unbrilliant
• unthinking
• mad
• unwise
• insane
• fool
• crazy
• nonintellectual
• cuckoo
• unintellectual
• boobish
• absurd
• nutty
• unacademic
• wacky
• preposterous
• zany
• dippy
• cockeyed
• loony
• lowbrow
• harebrained
• daffy
• kooky
• daft
• half-baked
• sappy
• crackpot
• balmy
• nonsensical
• asinine
• dotty
• screwball
• featherheaded
• tomfool

trained

2 of 2

verb

past tense of train

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prepared
• conditioned
• adjusted
• seasoned
• adapted
• oriented
• shaped
• accustomed
• readied
• acclimated
• habituated
• acclimatized
• orientated
• fitted
• familiarized
• accommodated
• strengthened
• habilitated
• inured
• broke in
• naturalized
• hardened
• steeled
• fortified
• toughened
• shaped up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deconditioned

2

as in taught

to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field

will train the students in good study habits

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

3

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• focused
• concentrated
• riveted
• centered
• fastened
• aimed
• pointed
• directed
• attended
• heeded
• nailed
• leveled
• set
• minded
• obsessed (over)
• zeroed (in on)
• homed (in on)
• honed in (on)
• refocused
• fixated (on)

4

as in aimed

to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal

trained his eyes on the distant bull's-eye

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aimed
• directed
• headed
• held
• cast
• focused
• set
• bent
• leveled
• pinpointed
• faced
• steered
• sighted
• oriented
• concentrated
• inclined
• bore

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• diverted
• curved
• averted
• deflected
• shunted
• sidetracked
• detoured
• rechanneled

5

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• equipped
• prepared
• qualified
• taught
• enabled
• adapted
• fitted
• readied
• accustomed
• adjusted
• seasoned
• conditioned
• educated
• tailored
• authorized
• shaped
• groomed
• entitled
• habituated
• empowered
• instructed
• schooled
• indoctrinated
• tutored

Example Sentences

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

Johnson trained at the alternative Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina—where students farm the food, manage the land, and more. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Officers are trained never to rule out the possibility that someone who could kill them is stowed like a spare tire in an unlatched rear compartment. — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Machchhar, who is married and has two children, trained as a pilot at Mainland Air in the New Zealand city of Dunedin for 18 months, beginning in 2008, the school’s head Philip Kean told 1News, a New Zealand television news channel. — Sheikh Saaliq, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

What we have been trained to do is stay silent inside it and call that leadership. — Simbiat Adighije, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

But history shone brightest on Ben Ali, who was trained at Rancho Del Paso and won the 12th Run for the Roses in 1886. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Now, as the midterms approach, election workers in Cherokee County are being trained on what to do if federal agents show up at the polls. — Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 30 Sep. 2026

As physicians, we are trained to look beyond today’s symptoms and focus on long-term health. — Disha Narang, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

Momi Nonmi Chef Chris Chung trained at Uni before opening Momi Nomi in 2017 in Cambridge’s Inman Square. — Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026