STUDENTS Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

students

noun

plural of student

as in pupils

one who attends a school a straight-A student at the local high school

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Recent Examples of students Advertisement The day after the raid, the Wilder School District reported absent rates soared, with 20% of students absent, according to The Idaho Statesman. — Philip Wang, Time, 19 Oct. 2026 The Oregon school district that lost three young students and a teacher in a mass shooting this week expressed profound grief on Saturday, praising the courage of the educator and staff member who risked their lives during the attack. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 Graduate students in California have a union, organized through the United Auto Workers, but at the time only about a third of those who were eligible had joined it. — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026 According to a 2026 survey funded by a high school trades group and conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago, 1 in 6 students reported trying to enroll in trades courses but being turned down due to a lack of space. — P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026 French has generated headlines and received pushback from members of his own party for comments made on social media, including a post targeting students of South Asian descent who attended a Longhorn football game. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2026 That matters because nearly nine in 10 K-12 students in America attend public schools. — Raymond C. Pierce, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026 Not just for the loss of her life’s work, but more importantly for the loss to the university, its faculty and students, to Chicago’s brilliant arts community, and to the city in general. — Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Wearing impractical stilettos and clutching a massive Stanley cup, Trina is introduced to her new pupils.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Initially driven by high school pupils, teachers, higher education students and trade unions have since joined the ranks of the protests.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of pupils

Noun

The royal heir visited East London to meet with scholars and alumni of The Amos Bursary, an organization dedicated to expanding educational and career opportunities for young people of African and Caribbean heritage.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2026
From Black historians to disability scholars, archivists to musicians, film is a global medium through which people learn about the world and each other.

— Kristen Lopez, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026

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