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Synonyms for pupil
ˈpyu pəl
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Princeton's WordNet
student, pupil, educatee(noun)
a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
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bookman, scholar, schoolchild, scholarly person, student, school-age child, educateepupil(noun)
the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot
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school-age child, educatee, student, schoolchildschoolchild, school-age child, pupil(noun)
a young person attending school (up through senior high school)
Synonyms:
school-age child, schoolchild, student, educatee
English Synonyms and Antonyms
pupil
The primary sense of a scholar is one who is being schooled; thence the word passes to denote one who is apt in school work, and finally one who is thoroughly schooled, master of what the schools can teach, an erudite, accomplished person: when used without qualification, the word is generally understood in this latter sense; as, he is manifestly a scholar. Pupil signifies one under the close personal supervision or instruction of a teacher or tutor. Those under instruction in schools below the academic grade are technically and officially termed pupils. The word pupil is uniformly so used in the Reports of the Commissioner of Education of the United States, but popular American usage prefers scholar in the original sense; as, teachers and scholars enjoyed a holiday. Those under instruction in Sunday-schools are uniformly designated as Sunday-school scholars. Student is applied to those in the higher grades or courses of study, as the academic, collegiate, scientific, etc. Student suggests less proficiency than scholar in the highest sense, the student being one who is learning, the scholar one who has learned. On the other hand, student suggests less of personal supervision than pupil; thus, the college student often becomes the private pupil of some instructor in special studies. For disciple, etc., compare synonyms for ADHERENT.
Synonyms:
disciple, learner, savant, scholar, studentAntonyms:
dunce, fool, idiot, idler, ignoramus, illiterate person
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
pupil(n.)
Synonyms:
(anat.) apple of the eyepupil(n.)
Synonyms:
learner, scholar, disciple, student, tyro, neophyte, CATECHUMEN, ELEVEpupil(n.)
Synonyms:
(Law.) ward
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
pupil(n)
Synonyms:
scholar, learner, disciple, catechumen, neophyte, tyro, novice, probationer
Words popularity by usage frequency
rank | word | |
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#358 | students | |
#542 | student | |
#4608 | ward | |
#4825 | pupils | |
#8798 | scholar | |
#11316 | pupil | |
#11880 | learner | |
#12577 | novice | |
#23914 | disciple | |
#40169 | savant | |
#59352 | bookman | |
#100447 | tyro | |
#265267 | schoolchild |
How to use pupil in a sentence?
The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.”
What I want to fix your attention on is the vast overall movement towards the discrediting, and finally the elimination, of every kind of human excellence -- moral, cultural, social or intellectual. And is it not pretty to notice how 'democracy' (in the incantatory sense) is now doing for us the work that was once done by the most ancient dictatorships, and by the same methods The basic proposal of the new education is to be that dunces and idlers must not be made to feel inferior to intelligent and industrious pupils. That would be 'undemocratic.' Children who are fit to proceed may be artificially kept back, because the others would get a trauma by being left behind. The bright pupil thus remains democratically fettered to his own age group throughout his school career, and a boy who would be capable of tackling Aeschylus or Dante sits listening to his coeval's attempts to spell out A CAT SAT ON A MAT. We may reasonably hope for the virtual abolition of education when 'I'm as good as you' has fully had its way. All incentives to learn and all penalties for not learning will vanish. The few who might want to learn will be prevented who are they to overtop their fellows And anyway, the teachers -- or should I say nurses -- will be far too busy reassuring the dunces and patting them on the back to waste any time on real teaching. We shall no longer have to plan and toil to spread imperturbable conceit and incurable ignorance among men.
One repays a teacher badly if one only remains a pupil.
The pupil who is never required to do what he cannot do, never does what he can do.
The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract.
Translations for pupil
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- تلميذة, بؤبؤ, انسان العين, تلميذ, حدقةArabic
- зрэнкаBelarusian
- ученик, зеница, ученичкаBulgarian
- pupil·la, pupilCatalan, Valencian
- žák, zorniceCzech
- elev, pupilDanish
- Schulkind, Schüler, Pupille, Schülerin, SehlochGerman
- μαθητής, κόρη, μαθήτριαGreek
- lernantino, lernejano, pupilo, lernanto, zorgatoEsperanto
- alumno, pupila, alumna, pupiloSpanish
- شاگرد, مردمکPersian
- silmäterä, oppilas, pupilliFinnish
- næmingur, sjónopFaroese
- élève, pupille, prunelleFrench
- sgoilear, clach na sùla, dubhScottish Gaelic
- tesa'ÿiGuaraní
- dolteyManx
- תלמידה, תלמיד, אישוןHebrew
- छात्रHindi
- diák, tanuló, pupillaHungarian
- աշակերտ, բիբArmenian
- nemandiIcelandic
- allieva, allievoItalian
- 学童, 瞳孔, 学生, 弟子, 児童, 生徒Japanese
- გუგაGeorgian
- қарашықKazakh
- 눈동자Korean
- discipulusLatin
- zīlīteLatvian
- whatupango, karupango, whatuMāori
- ученик, зеница, ученичкаMacedonian
- انق مات, anak mata, pupil, ڤوڤيلMalay
- ကျောင်းသား, ကျောင်းသူBurmese
- आँखाको नानीNepali
- leerling, pupilDutch
- elev, pupillNorwegian
- anázhiin ałníiʼdiígííNavajo, Navaho
- uczeń, źrenicaPolish
- pupilo, pupilaPortuguese
- yachakuqQuechua
- eleva, elev, pupilăRomanian
- ученик, зрачок, ученица, зеницаRussian
- ученик, zjènica, ȕčenīk, zȅna, ученица, zenica, ђак, zjȅna, ȕčenica, đȃkSerbo-Croatian
- zornica, žiak, zrenicaSlovak
- učenka, učenec, zenicaSlovene
- nxënësAlbanian
- elev, pupillSwedish
- విద్యార్థిTelugu
- gözbebeğiTurkish
- учень, зіниця, ученицяUkrainian
- koʻz qorasiUzbek
- học sinh, con ngươi, học tròVietnamese
- hijulan, hitidäb, lärnan, hilärnan, donajulan, donajijulan, julan, püpil, jijulan, jitidäb, jilärnan, tidäb, donahijulanVolapük
- 瞳孔Chinese
- umfundi, inhlamvu yesoZulu
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