schooling

noun

school·​ing ˈskü-liŋ 

1

a

: instruction in school : education

b

: training, guidance, or discipline derived from experience

2

archaic : reproof

3

: the cost of instruction and maintenance at school

4

: the training of a horse for service

especially : the teaching and exercising of horse and rider in the formal techniques of equitation

Synonyms of schooling

• education
• teaching
• instruction

Examples of schooling in a Sentence

He has had little schooling.

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

Recent Examples on the Web

More than 135,000 people are sheltering in over 660 collective sites, while essential services—water, sanitation, and schooling—are being severely disrupted. —Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026

But this mayor has made clear his intention to ensure both genuine community involvement in schooling and accountability in outcomes. —Dennis Walcott, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026

Particularly alarming, rights organizations say, is the presence of children as young as 10 working in mines, often alongside adults in hazardous conditions, deprived of schooling and exposed to exploitation. —Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026

Texas created a nearly universal, $1 billion school choice program in May to help pay for private schooling and homeschooling. —Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for schooling

• cooling
• drooling
• dueling
• duelling
• fooling
• fueling
• fuelling
• gruelling
• pooling
• ruling
• spooling
• tooling

Kids Definition

schooling

noun

school·​ing

ˈskül-iŋ

1

: instruction in school : education

2

: the cost of going to school