Synonyms and antonyms of School pupils in American Thesaurus

a first/second/third etc. year ()

a student who is in their first/second/third etc. year at a school or university

A student (noun)

a student who is very intelligent and does well in class activities and tests

batchmate (noun)

Indian EnglishPhilippine English someone who is in the same class or school as you

boarder (noun)

educationmainly British a boy or girl who lives at a boarding school

classmate (noun)

someone in your class at school

dropout (noun)

someone who leaves school or college without finishing their course of study

first/second/third, etc. former ()

a student in the first/second/third etc. year of secondary school

grader (noun)

American a student in a particular year at an American school

head boy (noun)

British a senior boy in a school who is the leader of the students and who represents the school on official occasions

head girl (noun)

British a senior girl in a school who is the leader of the students and who represents the school on official occasions

matric (noun)

South Africaninformal in South Africa, a student in the twelfth and final year of school

monitor (noun)

education a school student who helps a teacher with a particular job

old boy (noun)

British a man who was a student at a particular school or university

old girl (noun)

British a woman who was a student at a particular school or university

prefect (noun)

education in some schools in the U.K., an older student who controls the activities of younger students and helps them to obey the rules

pupil (noun)

someone, especially a child, who goes to school or who has classes in a particular subject

scholar (noun)

education someone who is given a scholarship to study at a particular school or university

school (noun)

education all the students and staff at a school

schoolboy (noun)

old-fashioned a boy who goes to school

schoolboy (noun)

old-fashioned typical of a schoolboy

schoolchild (noun)

a child who goes to school

schoolgirl (noun)

old-fashioned a girl who goes to school

schoolgirl (noun)

old-fashioned typical of a schoolgirl

schoolkid (noun)

informal a child who goes to school

schoolmate (noun)

someone who goes to the same school as you

teacher’s pet (noun)

informalshowing disapproval a student that everyone thinks the teacher likes best

truant (noun)

a child who stays away from school without permission

valedictorian (noun)

American the student in a high school who has the best grades, and who usually makes a speech at a graduation ceremony