Meanings
homeschooling1
nounhomeschooling (uncountable)
alternative home schooling · alternative home-schooling
- uncountableTeaching children at home instead of sending them to school.
A German family that claims it will be persecuted for homeschooling if sent back, lost its asylum request Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court and could be deported.
2014 March 3, Bill Mears, “Homeschooling family loses asylum appeal”, in CNNSynonyms: home education
homeschooling2
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of homeschool
Synonyms & antonyms
nounTeaching children at home instead of sending them to school.
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Translations
Dutch thuisonderwijs
- thuisonderwijsteaching children at home
German Hausunterricht, Homeschooling
- Hausunterrichtteaching children at home
- Homeschoolingteaching children at home
- häuslicher Unterrichtteaching children at home
- Heimunterrichtteaching children at home
Hungarian otthoni/házi tanítás/tanulás
- otthoni/házi tanítás/tanulásteaching children at home
Icelandic heimakennsla
- heimakennslateaching children at home
Indonesian sekolahrumah
- sekolahrumahteaching children at home
Norwegian Bokmål hjemmeundervisning
- hjemmeundervisningteaching children at home
Portuguese homeschooling
- homeschoolingteaching children at home
Swedish hemundervisning
- hemundervisningteaching children at home
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APA
homeschooling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homeschooling
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“homeschooling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homeschooling. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “homeschooling,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homeschooling.
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