prep school

noun

: preparatory school

Examples of prep school in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

True to form, the story is narrated by an unscrupulous wanna-be novelist named Bret Easton Ellis (Igby Rigney), a closet case lusting away for the new hunk at his cruel prep school. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

The wild visuals bring a psychedelic new kineticism to the web-swinging, and teenage Miles Morales is a compellingly modern hero, a sweetly arty Brooklyn kid fish-out-of-watering through a fancy prep school. — Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Aug. 2026

The project, titled TBT, follows the lives of a group of young Black girls at a Manhattan prep school during 7th-grade Mitzvah season in the early 2000s. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 30 July 2026

The teams were a mix of prep school and MIAA student-athletes, playing five 12-minute quarters to level the playing time. — Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 29 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for prep school

• ampoule
• bascule
• carpool
• cesspool
• ferrule
• footstool
• guayule
• lobule
• misrule
• preschool
• pustule
• whirlpool

Kids Definition

prep school

noun

: preparatory school