schoolchild

noun

school·​child ˈskül-ˌchī(-ə)ld 

: a child attending school

Examples of schoolchild in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In due course, with Watson’s aid, Bell invented the telephone, or so many a schoolchild could tell you. — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

Learning to read and write cursive was once a rite of passage for practically every American schoolchild. — Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2026

Would that every schoolchild could stand on the grassy knoll for a quiet minute, pondering the imponderables. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026

Provincial transport department official Siboniso Duma said in a statement that 11 people, including a schoolchild, died at the scene, although that was according to preliminary information. — Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1801, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for schoolchild

• beguiled
• brainchild
• compiled
• defiled
• exiled
• grandchild
• profiled
• refiled
• reviled
• stepchild
• stockpiled
• domiciled

Kids Definition

schoolchild

noun

school·​child ˈskül-ˌchīld 

: a child attending school