student

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. learner, pupil, apprentice, schoolboy or -girl; scholar, schoolman or -woman, pedant. See school, learning.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. learner, pupil, scholar, disciple, undergraduate, coed*, collegian, novice, graduate student, schoolchild, schoolboy, schoolgirl, docent, apprentice, registrant, trainee, tutee, autodidact, schoolmate, classmate, seminarian, preschooler, cadet, freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, lowerclassman, upperclassman, postgraduate, doctoral candidate, bookworm, grind*, nerd*, preppy*, undergrad*; see also follower , freshman .

Syn.- student is applied either to one attending an institution above the elementary level or to one who is making a study of a particular subject [ a student of social problems ] ; pupil is applied either to a child in school or to a person who is under the personal supervision of a teacher [ Heifetz was a pupil of Leopold Auer ] ; scholar , orig. equivalent to pupil , is now usually applied to one who has general erudition or who is highly versed in a particular branch of learning [ a noted classical scholar]

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

pupil, schoolgirl, schoolboy, freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, collegian, cadet, trainee, apprentice, disciple, apostle, follower.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun One who is being educated: learner, pupil, scholar. See TEACH.