Synonyms for student
ˈstud nt, ˈstyud-stu·dent

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:5.0 / 3 votes

1. studentnoun

   Synonyms:
   schoolchild, scholar, pupil, devotee, disciple

   Antonyms:
   teacher

2. studentnoun

   A person who studies a particular academic subject

   A student of philosophy.

   Synonyms:
   devotee, pupil, scholar, schoolchild, disciple

   Antonyms:
   teacher

3. studentnoun

   A person seriously devoted to some subject, whether academic or not

   He is a student of life.

   Synonyms:
   disciple, devotee, pupil, schoolchild, scholar

   Antonyms:
   teacher

4. studentnoun

   A person enrolled at a university

   The students were out raising funds for rag week.

   Synonyms:
   pupil, schoolchild, disciple, devotee, scholar

   Antonyms:
   teacher

5. studentnoun

   A schoolchild

   Synonyms:
   scholar, disciple, pupil, schoolchild, devotee

   Antonyms:
   teacher

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. student

   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, pupil, savant, scholar

   Antonyms:
   dunce, fool, idiot, idler, ignoramus, illiterate person

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 5 votes

1. student, pupil, educateenoun

   a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution

   Synonyms:
   bookman, scholar, schoolchild, scholarly person, school-age child, educatee, pupil

2. scholar, scholarly person, bookman, studentnoun

   a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

   Synonyms:
   bookman, assimilator, scholar, scholarly person, learner, educatee, pupil

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:3.3 / 6 votes

1. mentee

   Submitted by acronimous on January 19, 2014  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. studentnoun

   Synonyms:
   scholar, pupil, learner

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1. List of paraphrases for "student":

   students, pupil, étudiant, learner, pupils, studying, intern, trainee, 'étudiant, demanded, taleb, disciple

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1. Alex Wong/Getty Images:

   Well, it's clear to me that we can't do student debt relief every 10 years or so. And I think about this as someone who needed Pell Grants and low-interest student loans to get through school. I paid mine off, but the situation has changed over the last 35 years, we've seen the price of college education continue to outpace inflation. We've seen bad actors in that student loan debt space, and I'm interested in reform, both reforming the process itself — I'd like to see us make more Pell Grants available — and I'd like to see us hold people accountable in that space so we get the price of college tuition, or technical tuition or community college tuition under control.

2. Jeremy Dys:

   Whether a student is being patriotic or engaging in religious speech, there is no law in this country forbidding a student from telling his or her classmates, ‘God bless America’ and it is illegal for a school to censor a student for doing so.

3. Mark Kantrowitz:

   The growth in education debt outstanding is like cooking a lobster, The increase in total student debt occurs slowly but steadily, so by the time you notice that the water is boiling, you’re already cooked. http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/08/09/student-loan-debt-surpasses-credit-cards/

4. Mark Kantrowitz:

   Live like a student while you are in school, so you don't have to live like a student after you graduate.

5. Winterville Charter Academy:

   The school leadership team acted immediately upon learning about a racially insensitive lesson and student remarks, and is currently working to address ongoing concerns from parents that racially insensitive student remarks continue, while student and staff privacy rights prevent me from sharing specific details, what I can share is that we will not tolerate racism in our school community and will continue taking swift action that addresses these issues.