Synonyms and antonyms of School pupils in British Thesaurus

a first/second/third etc year ()

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

A student (noun)

a student who is very clever and does well in class activities and examinations

batchmate (noun)

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

boarder (noun)

education a boy or girl who lives at a boarding school

classmate (noun)

someone in your class at school

day boy (noun)

British a boy who studies at a boarding school but does not live there

day girl (noun)

British a girl who studies at a boarding school but does not live there

dropout (noun)

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

Etonian (noun)

someone who goes or has gone to school at Eton, one of the oldest, most expensive, and most respected public schools in the UK

fag (noun)

in the past, a boy who had to do small jobs for an older boy in some British public schools (=schools that you pay money to go to)

first/second/third etc former ()

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

infants (noun)

education the youngest children in the UK school system, between the ages of four and seven

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)

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

old girl (noun)

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

prefect (noun)

education in some schools in the UK, 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 lessons 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

schoolchild (noun)

a child who goes to school

schoolgirl (noun)

old-fashioned a girl who goes to school

schoolkid (noun)

informal a child who goes to school

student (noun)

mainly American a child who goes to school

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