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Synonyms for public school

  • noun

Most common

state school free school private school boarding school

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Free school — A publicly funded and administered school; (UK, Ireland) such schools in the context of other countries

free school, state school, comprehensive school UK

2. Private school — certain private schools, particularly (initially) any grammar school operated apart from the personal lands…

private school, boarding school

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Certain private schools, particularly (initially) any grammar school operated apart from the personal lands of its students or (from the 19th century) the feepaying secondary schools which developed from or were modelled upon them; a British boarding school.

    All such School-masters as have charge of Children and do instruct them either in Publick Schools, or Private Houses.

  2. n. 2

    A publicly funded and administered school; (UK, Ireland) such schools in the context of other countries.