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Student synonyms
sto͝od'nt, styo͝od'-
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pupil
The opening in the center of the iris through which light enters the eye.
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  1. The opening in the center of the iris through which light enters the eye.
  2. A student under the direct supervision of a teacher or professor.
  3. A person, esp. a young person, under the supervision of a teacher or tutor, as in school
scholar
A specialist in a given branch of knowledge:
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  1. A specialist in a given branch of knowledge:
  2. One who attends school or studies with a teacher; a student.
  3. Any student or pupil
disciple
An active adherent, as of a movement or philosophy.
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  1. An active adherent, as of a movement or philosophy.
  2. An early follower of Jesus, esp. one of the Apostles
  3. A pupil or follower of any teacher or school of religion, learning, art, etc.
undergraduate
A college or university student who has not yet received a bachelor's or similar degree.
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  1. A college or university student who has not yet received a bachelor's or similar degree.
coed
(US, dated, informal) A young woman who attends college.
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  1. (US, dated, informal) A young woman who attends college.
  2. A young woman attending a coeducational college or university
  3. (US, dated, informal) A (generally young) woman, especially on the campus of a college or other educational institute.
collegian
A student (a former student) of a college
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  1. A student (a former student) of a college
novice
A person new to a particular occupation, activity, etc.; apprentice; beginner; tyro
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  1. A person new to a particular occupation, activity, etc.; apprentice; beginner; tyro
  2. A person who has entered a religious order but has not yet taken final vows.
schoolchild
A young person attending school or of an age to attend school.
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  1. A young person attending school or of an age to attend school.
schoolboy
A boy attending school
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  1. A boy attending school
schoolgirl
A girl attending school.
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  1. A girl attending school.
docent
A lecturer or tour guide in a museum or cathedral.
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  1. A lecturer or tour guide in a museum or cathedral.
  2. In some American universities, a teacher or lecturer not on the regular faculty
  3. A teacher or lecturer at some universities who is not a regular faculty member.
apprentice
One who is learning a trade or occupation, especially as a member of a labor union.
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  1. One who is learning a trade or occupation, especially as a member of a labor union.
  2. A person under legal agreement to work a specified length of time for a master craftsman in a craft or trade in return for instruction and, formerly, support
  3. A person who is acquiring a trade, craft, or skill under specified conditions, usually as a member of a labor union
registrant
A person who registers
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  1. A person who registers
  2. One who registers something or is registered.
trainee
One who is being trained.
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  1. One who is being trained.
  2. Someone who is still in the process of being formally trained in a workplace.
  3. A person undergoing job training, military training, etc.
tutee
A person who is being tutored
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  1. A person who is being tutored
  2. One who is being tutored.
  3. A student of a tutor.
autodidact
A self-taught person.
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  1. A self-taught person.
  2. A self-taught person; an automath.
schoolmate
A companion or associate in one's school.
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  1. A companion or associate in one's school.
  2. A person who attended the same school.
classmate
Someone who is in the same class (in school)
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  1. Someone who is in the same class (in school)
  2. A member of the same class at a school or college
seminarian
Someone who studies at a seminary.
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  1. Someone who studies at a seminary.
  2. A student at a seminary.
  3. A student at a seminary (usually a theological seminary)
preschooler
A child who is not old enough to attend kindergarten.
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  1. A child who is not old enough to attend kindergarten.
  2. A child who is educated at preschool.
cadet
Any trainee, as a practice teacher or a junior business associate
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  1. Any trainee, as a practice teacher or a junior business associate
  2. A student training to be a police officer.
  3. A student at a military school or in a military program training to be an officer.
freshman
A beginner; a novice.
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  1. A beginner; a novice.
  2. A student in the first year of college or the ninth grade in high school
sophomore
(US, horse-racing) A three year old horse.
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  1. (US, horse-racing) A three year old horse.
  2. A student in the second year of college or the tenth grade in high school
  3. (US) A second-year undergraduate student in a college or university, or a second-year student in a four-year secondary school or high school.
junior
A person lesser in rank or time of participation or service; subordinate.
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  1. A person lesser in rank or time of participation or service; subordinate.
  2. A size and style of clothing designed for teens and young women, cut to fit smaller in the bust and hips than regular women's clothing
  3. A student in the third year of a US high school or college.
senior
A student in the final year of an undergraduate degree program
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  1. A student in the final year of an undergraduate degree program
  2. A student in the fourth year of high school or college.
  3. A senior citizen.
lowerclassman
A student in the freshman or sophomore class of a high school or college
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  1. A student in the freshman or sophomore class of a high school or college
upperclassman
A student in the junior or senior class of a secondary school or college.
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  1. A student in the junior or senior class of a secondary school or college.
postgraduate
(US, Australia, New Zealand) A person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course.
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  1. (US, Australia, New Zealand) A person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course.
  2. One who is engaged in postgraduate study.
  3. A student taking such a course
bookworm
An avid book reader.
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  1. An avid book reader.
  2. Any of various insects, especially booklice and silverfish, that infest books and feed on the paste in the bindings.
  3. One who spends much time reading or studying.
grind
(Informal) A laborious task, routine, or study:
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  1. (Informal) A laborious task, routine, or study:
  2. A specific grade or degree of pulverization, as of coffee beans:
  3. Long, difficult, tedious work or study; drudgery
nerd
(Slang, always derogatory) An unattractive, socially awkward, annoying, undesirable, and/or boring, person; a dork.
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  1. (Slang, always derogatory) An unattractive, socially awkward, annoying, undesirable, and/or boring, person; a dork.
  2. (Informal, sometimes derogatory) One who has an intense, obsessive interest in something.
  3. A person who is single-minded or accomplished in scientific or technical pursuits but is felt to be socially inept.
preppy
A person whose manner and dress are deemed typical of traditional preparatory schools.
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  1. A person whose manner and dress are deemed typical of traditional preparatory schools.
  2. A student or former student of a preparatory school.
undergrad
Short form of undergraduate.
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  1. Short form of undergraduate.
  2. (Informal) undergraduate
pupil
The opening in the center of the iris through which light enters the eye.
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  1. The opening in the center of the iris through which light enters the eye.
  2. A person, esp. a young person, under the supervision of a teacher or tutor, as in school
  3. A student under the direct supervision of a teacher or professor.
scholar
A specialist in a particular branch of learning, esp. in the humanities
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  1. A specialist in a particular branch of learning, esp. in the humanities
  2. A specialist in a given branch of knowledge:
  3. Any student or pupil

Synonym Study

  • Scholar , orig. equivalent to pupil , is now usually applied to one who has general erudition or who is highly versed in a particular branch of learning a noted classical scholar
  • Pupil is applied either to a child in school or to a person who is under the personal supervision of a teacher Heifetz was a pupil of Leopold Auer
  • Student is applied either to one attending an institution above the elementary level or to one who is making a study of a particular subject a student of social problems
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Sentence Examples

  • The exchange student was growling at her.

  • Betsy was enthralled with the area and became an immediate student of the history.

  • Are you a student here?

  • Will you be a reader, a student merely, or a seer?

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