Home › Words › L › loringloringloring means A surname.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, loring ranks #6,824 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom lore + -ing.nameA surname.A census-designated place in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska.A ghost town in Wright County, Missouri.An unincorporated community in Phillips County, Montana.nounInstructive discourse; instruction; teaching.e.g.“all they, as a Goddesse her adoring, / Her wisedome did admire, and hearkned to her loring.” — 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.loresman 64% match — An instructor or teacher of traditional wisdom. vs loring →lessoning 63% match — instruction; tuition vs loring →lore 62% match — All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience. vs loring →instruct 61% match — To teach by giving instructions. vs loring →instructionally 59% match — In an instructional manner vs loring →arread 59% match — To declare; tell; interpret; explain. vs loring →educatory 58% match — Educational; instructive. vs loring →lecturelike 58% match — Resembling or characteristic of a lecture. vs loring →