kindergartner

noun

kin·​der·​gart·​ner ˈkin-dər-ˌgärt-nər 

ˈkin-də-, 

-ˌgärd-

variants or less commonly kindergartener

ˈkin-dər-ˌgär-tə-nər 

ˈkin-də-, 

-də- 

1

: a child attending or of an age to attend kindergarten

2

: a teacher at a kindergarten

Examples of kindergartner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

About 91% of children are vaccinated by age 2, compared with roughly 93% of kindergartners, according to the CDC. — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 30 July 2026

Vaccination rates among kindergartners are declining in parts of the country but remain high in the Bay Area. — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 25 July 2026

California’s measles vaccination rates among kindergartners remain higher than the 95% threshold. — Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

German women who had trained as kindergartners and then immigrated to the US helped spread the sand around elsewhere in the US. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 13 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for kindergartner

• copartner
• gartner
• partner

Kids Definition

kindergartner

noun

kin·​der·​gart·​ner ˈkin-der-ˌgärt-nər 

-ˌgärd-

: a kindergarten pupil