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

Karyn Cordner’s Raven, a five-year-old black German shepherd with a soft coat of fur, was being trained to become a guide dog by the Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation in Bloomfield when the Simsbury resident first met her. —

Mikayla Bunnell, Hartford Courant, 11 Apr. 2026 Global Flavors, Southern Tables Prior to Noble South, Rainosek trained as a chef and front of house in Colorado before working at the Wash House in Fairhope and developing a local fan base. —

Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2026 And they’re trained from birth to believe that the prophet speaks directly with God and to obey whatever the prophet tells them to do. —

Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026 Born May 22, 1938 in London, John Nolan trained at the Drama Centre before landing the male lead in Romeo & Juliet at Richmond Theatre, opposite Francesca Annis. —

Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 Apr. 2026 The nerves can be sutured back together to minimize pain, Bank said, but most breast surgeons haven’t been trained to do this. —

CNN Money, 11 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 Accessibility Staff are trained in basic access awareness, which encourages the use of the social model of disability. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 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