Synonyms for student
Most common
scholar disciple devotee candle-waster school child pupil learner studier
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Scholar — A person who studies or learns about a particular subject
2. Pupil
pupil, school child, mentee, educatee rare
3. Learner
learner, assimilator rare
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A person who studies or learns about a particular subject.
She is a student of human interactions.
- n. 2
A person who is formally enrolled at a school, a college or university, or another educational institution.
The students were out raising funds for rag week.
- n. 3
A person who is formally enrolled at a school, a college or university, or another educational institution. A person who is enrolled at a college or university (as contrasted with a pupil or schoolchild attending a primary or secondary school).
Forms
- Plural
- students → scholars, disciples, devotees, candle-wasters…
Choose the right word
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.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- scholar A great scholar is not necessarily a good teacher.
- disciple You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
- devotee He was a staunch devotee who had unflinching faith.
- pupil The teacher acknowledged the pupil with a smile.
By length
- 5 letters
- pupil2
- 6 letters
- mentee
- 7 letters
- scholar2, learner2, devotee3, bookman2, studier
- 8 letters
- disciple3, educatee
- 11 letters
- philosopher4, assimilator
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pupil2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- étudiant
- Italiano
- studente
- Español
- estudiante
- Català
- estudiant