Synonyms for pupil
ˈpyu pəlpupil

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1. pupil

   The primary sense of a scholar is one who is being schooled; thence the word passes to denote one who is apt in school work, and finally one who is thoroughly schooled, master of what the schools can teach, an erudite, accomplished person: when used without qualification, the word is generally understood in this latter sense; as, he is manifestly a scholar. Pupil signifies one under the close personal supervision or instruction of a teacher or tutor. Those under instruction in schools below the academic grade are technically and officially termed pupils. The word pupil is uniformly so used in the Reports of the Commissioner of Education of the United States, but popular American usage prefers scholar in the original sense; as, teachers and scholars enjoyed a holiday. Those under instruction in Sunday-schools are uniformly designated as Sunday-school scholars. 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. On the other hand, student suggests less of personal supervision than pupil; thus, the college student often becomes the private pupil of some instructor in special studies. For disciple, etc., compare synonyms for ADHERENT.

   Synonyms:
   disciple, learner, savant, scholar, student

   Antonyms:
   dunce, fool, idiot, idler, ignoramus, illiterate person

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1. pupil

   Synonyms:
   scholar, learner, student, tyro, novice, ward

   Antonyms:
   teacher, master, proficient, adept, guardian

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1. student, pupil, educateenoun

   a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution

   Synonyms:
   bookman, scholar, schoolchild, scholarly person, student, school-age child, educatee

2. pupilnoun

   the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot

   Synonyms:
   school-age child, educatee, student, schoolchild

3. schoolchild, school-age child, pupilnoun

   a young person attending school (up through senior high school)

   Synonyms:
   school-age child, schoolchild, student, educatee

Matched Categories

1. • Aperture
   • Enrollee
   • Young Person

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1. mentee

   Submitted by acronimous on January 19, 2014  

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1. pupilnoun

   Synonyms:
   (anat.) apple of the eye

2. pupilnoun

   Synonyms:
   learner, scholar, disciple, student, tyro, neophyte, CATECHUMEN, ELEVE

3. pupilnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) ward

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1. pupilnoun

   Synonyms:
   scholar, learner, disciple, catechumen, neophyte, tyro, novice, probationer

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1. List of paraphrases for "pupil":

   student, pupils, students, ward, disciple, learner

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1. Saj Khan:

   Dr Homer said. The laser treats only the iris and does not enter the pupil or treat any portion of the inside of the eye where the nerves affecting the vision are located. The company is still in the fundraising stage but hopes to have completed clinical trials within several years. And the cost of turning your brown eyes blue ? Dr Homer says Stroma Medical would charge around $ 5,000( £ 3,120) for the procedure. Industry skepticism Industry reaction to the process has been muted. Ophthalmologists who deal with people's eyes, Dr Homer concedes, have every right to be skeptical for the simple fact they are dealing with one of the most sensitive organs in the human body. Saj Khan, an ophthalmologist at the London Eye Hospital, told CNN the treatment raised some red flags. ' The main concern with any procedure that involves releasing pigment inside the eye is that the pigment can clog up the normal drainage channels which can in turn cause the pressure inside the eye to go up, if that happens significantly enough, for long enough, it's how patients develop glaucoma.

2. in Berlin:

   It's one of the first thing they should have checked in Omsk. There are a number of symptoms that accompany this poisoning including various types of muscle paralysis, contraction of the pupil in the eye, blood tests, and so on.

3. Nietzsche:

   One repays a teacher badly if one only remains a pupil.

4. Mr. van Gelder:

   Anne Frank wasn’t a star pupil. She was a likeable child. Sometimes I’d bump into her in the mornings on her way to school. Then she’d sometimes tell me stories that she’d made up together with her father. They were always really funny stories. She told me a lot about her father, but not much about her mother and sister. I also knew that she wanted to be a writer. Maybe she would have been…

5. Victor Hugo:

   The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.”