lessoned
Put through training
Lessoned means taught or instructed, the past tense of the verb lesson: She had been lessoned in etiquette from childhood.
The word is rare and literary, more likely encountered in older texts than contemporary speech.
Someone well-lessoned has received thorough instruction in a subject.
Gave teaching or orders
- educatedHaving received formal instruction
- schooledFormally taught something
- trainedTaught a skill
- coachedGuided toward improvement
mentored · tutored · guided · drilled · disciplined · enlightened · informed · advised
Made or became smaller
- decreasedBecame smaller in amount
- reducedMade less in amount
- diminishedMade or became smaller
- loweredMoved downward or reduced
shrunk · contracted · abated · declined · dwindled · waned · depleted · weakened
Examined closely or learned
- learnedHaving much knowledge
- absorbedTook in fully
- understoodGrasped the meaning
- graspedClutched or understood
mastered · comprehended · assimilated · acquired · retained · practiced · memorized · reviewed
instructed
Gave teaching or orders
coached · mentored · tutored · guided · drilled · disciplined · enlightened · informed · advised · lectured
lessened
Made or became smaller
- decreasedBecame smaller in amount
- reducedMade less in amount
- diminishedMade or became smaller
lowered · shrunk · contracted · abated · declined · dwindled · waned · depleted · weakened · attenuated
studied
Examined closely or learned
- learnedHaving much knowledge
- absorbedTook in fully
- understoodGrasped the meaning
grasped · mastered · comprehended · assimilated · acquired · retained · practiced · memorized · reviewed · examined
lessoneduntaught
Never given lessons
uninstructed · unschooled · uneducated · untutored · untrained
- swimming lessonsTraining to move through water
- life lessonsPractical wisdom from experience
- teach someone a lessonPunish to change behavior
- lesson learnedKnowledge gained through experience
- private lessonsIndividual instruction sessions
- life's lessonTruth learned through experience