BOARDING SCHOOL Synonyms: 30 Similar Words

boarding school

noun

Definition of boarding school

as in prep school

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Recent Examples of boarding school The prestigious all-boys boarding school, which costs $85,000 per year, counts Prince William, Prince Harry and many other notable British men (including numerous prime ministers) as alumni. — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026 The boarding school for boys is just a short drive from George's family home, Forest Lodge. — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 22 July 2026 His family settled in Dunedin on the South Island and he was sent to boarding school in Christchurch. — Mark Kennedy, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026 Brandon was raised in Malibu, California, and attended boarding school on Vancouver Island. — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for boarding school

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Noun

Murphy’s newest show adapts Bret Easton Ellis’ 2023 novel of the same name and is set in 1980s Los Angeles, where a group of students at an elite prep school navigate their final year there while simultaneously grappling with a serial killer.

— Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
For the past several years, George has lived at home while attending the Lambrook School, a prep school in Berkshire, England, with his younger siblings.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026

Definition of prep school

Noun

This new spinoff of The Handmaid’s Tale follows Agnews (Chase Infiniti of One Battle After Another) and Daisy (Lucy Halliday), young women at Aunt Lydia’s elite preparatory school for future wives.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
There is no Ardua Hall and aunt training (at least not yet), and Daisy is sent to shadow Agnes at preparatory school.

— Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026

Definition of preparatory school

Noun

The hearing comes about two years after the attack at the high school, the deadliest school shooting in Georgia history.

— Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
Valdosta is the newest school to join a multimillion-dollar trend accelerating across Georgia high school football programs.

— Jack Leo, AJC.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of high school

Noun

Newspapers are run by them, public school art and music programs rely on them, as do museums, symphonies, ballets and operas.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
The system currently in place for public school educators is a patchwork with a fair number of gaps.

— Holly McDede, ProPublica, 31 July 2026

Definition of public school

Noun

Dumarce in 2019 was arrested by the Sacramento Police Department on suspicion of exposing himself to and then attempting to kidnap a 13-year-old girl outside of a Meadowview elementary school, according to previous Sacramento Bee reporting.

— Margaret Baker, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
Smith eventually received a master’s degree in education and taught music to elementary school students in New York City before retiring in the 2000s.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026

Definition of elementary school

Noun

Hand in hand with that was the rise of literacy and the universal common school movement.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Being outside of the scope of the requirement of the statutory definition of the common school system, charter schools fail to meet the definition required of a common school.

— Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026

Definition of common school

Noun

Part of the summer will be preparing George for what is ahead at secondary school, namely from William, who also attended Eton.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 29 July 2026
In early February, a Canadian 18-year-old named Jesse Van Rootselaar shot and killed five students at Tumbler Ridge secondary school before turning the gun on herself.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 23 July 2026

Definition of secondary school

Noun

And when an athlete transfers from one school to another, there’s a chance it can be taken away.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 July 2026
His campaign has proposed using the state’s surplus to lower income and property taxes, increasing child care and school meal access, and supporting fair pay, benefits and stable jobs for workers.

— Alexa Newsom, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026

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