KINDERGARTNER Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

kindergartner

noun

variants also kindergartener

Definition of kindergartner

as in preschooler

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Recent Examples of kindergartner My new kindergartner especially is feeling all the big feels about school. — Melissa Willets, Parents, 6 July 2026 Recent amendments to be considered include assessing a kindergartner’s math knowledge rather than screening for math deficiencies, something that would help identify students who need additional support. — Cierra Morgan, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026 Now, Davison will be sending her soon-to-be kindergartner to a private school. — Julianna Mejia, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026 The emotional service and burial come after the Wellesley church held a vigil for the two young elementary school students — Kai was a second grader and Ella was a kindergartener, both at Schofield Elementary School — in April, according to NBC 10 Boston. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for kindergartner

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Noun

The concern that gentle parenting might spoil kids isn’t new—especially in online parenting discourse where videos of parents calmly narrating a tantrum or negotiating with a preschooler tend to go viral.

— Alex Vance, Parents, 25 Oct. 2026
Those foundations can begin with something as simple as learning to put on a jacket, a common milestone for a preschooler.

— Emily Woodruff, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of preschooler

Noun

Learning to read and write cursive was once a rite of passage for practically every American schoolchild.

— Washington Post, 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

Definition of schoolchild

Noun

For an ordinary schoolkid on a baseball diamond, having aretê might amount to paying attention, being a team player, and trying hard.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 22 May 2026
At the center of the doc is the engaging Clint Patterson, who was a schoolkid when his father, a former rodeo rider, spearheaded the making of the Bigfoot film and its promotion.

— Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026

Definition of schoolkid

Noun

Our bright, bubbly and babbling toddler might live, but wouldn’t last.

— Jen Murphy Parker, Flow Space, 28 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, New York City is expanding free toddler slots for lower-income families, following Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s announcement to build a universal early childcare system.

— Caitlyn Collins, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of toddler

Noun

Ariel Gutiérrez’s intimate coming-of-age drama examines how sudden loss can force an adolescent to confront fear, responsibility and the possibility of rebuilding a life after trauma.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Getty An island that had spent decades pairing glamour with license was perhaps the wrong place to entrust an adolescent to unusually permissive relatives.

— Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of adolescent

Noun

Soon after, the military ordered Lenio’s husband to return to the US, paving the way for Lenio and her kids to return as well, before a German court could take up the family’s case.

— Brianna Keilar, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
Difficult at times, balancing family and career and locations and dragging my kids here and there.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2026

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