student

noun
stu·dent
/ˈstjuː.dn̩t/

A person who studies or learns about a particular subject.

Example

“She is a student of human interactions.”

Other meanings

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.”
A person who is enrolled at a college or university as contrasted with a pupil or schoolchild attending a primary or secondary school.

Synonyms

pupil

Antonyms

teacher

Related words

antistudent
cyberstudent
multistudent
nonstudent
studency
studentese
studentess
studentification
studentization
studentized
studentizing
studentlike

Example sentences

“Students who like writing are few and far between.”
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“Rich people don't have student loans.”
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“My son is an honor student.”
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Word history

From Latin "studēns".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “student” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.