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pupil

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of pupil

1 one who attends a school

generally there are 20 pupils in each class

Synonyms of pupil

scholar, student

Words Related to pupil

reader, studier

day student, preppy (or preppie), schoolboy, schoolchild, schoolgirl

schoolfellow, schoolmate

coed, collegian, postgraduate, undergraduate

high schooler, kindergartner (also kindergartener), middler, middle schooler

freshman, junior, senior, sophomore

underclassman, undergrad, upperclassman

exchange student

Antonyms of pupil

2 one who follows the opinions or teachings of another

to pupils of the philosopher Henry David Thoreau, the shores of Walden Pond are hallowed ground

Synonyms of pupil

acolyte, adherent, convert, disciple, epigone, follower, liege man, partisan (also partizan), votarist, votary

Words Related to pupil

apostle, missionary, proselytizer, soldier

faithful, loyalist

advocate, backer, champion, supporter

protégé, scholar, student

ideologist, ideologue (also idealogue), sectarian

admirer, cultist, devotee, enthusiast, fan, idolater (or idolator), worshipper (or worshiper), zealot

apparatchik, camp follower, flunky (also flunkey), hanger-on, henchman, lackey, lickspittle, minion, myrmidon, satellite, stooge, sycophant, toady, yes-man

Near Antonyms of pupil

apostate, defector, renegade, traitor, turncoat

Antonyms of pupil

coryphaeus, leader

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