Synonyms of pupils

pupils

noun

plural of pupil

1

as in students

one who attends a school

generally there are 20 pupils in each class

Synonyms & Similar Words

• students
• scholars
• readers
• freshmen
• schoolchildren
• sophomores
• undergraduates
• schoolmates
• schoolboys
• schoolfellows
• schoolgirls
• juniors
• day students
• kindergartners
• postgraduates
• collegians
• coeds
• high schoolers
• undergrads
• exchange students
• upperclassmen
• studiers
• underclassmen
• preppies
• seniors
• middle schoolers
• middlers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonstudents

2

as in adherents

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 & Similar Words

• adherents
• followers
• disciples
• students
• partisans
• supporters
• apostles
• missionaries
• acolytes
• devotees
• votaries
• soldiers
• scholars
• epigones
• admirers
• converts
• liege men
• votarists
• fans
• advocates
• protégés
• loyalists
• proselytizers
• worshippers
• champions
• sectarians
• minions
• ideologists
• enthusiasts
• henchmen
• cultists
• zealots
• satellites
• camp followers
• faithfuls
• idolaters
• sycophants
• backers
• lackeys
• ideologues
• apparatchiks
• toadies
• myrmidons
• flunkies
• hangers-on
• lickspittles
• stooges
• yes-men

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• leaders
• traitors
• defectors
• coryphaei
• apostates
• renegades
• turncoats

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pupils

District 33 also plans to use McAuley as a living educational resource, allowing pupils to come tour it and learn about the history of a one-room schoolhouse. — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026

The school says around 75% of its prep pupils participate in some form of boarding to gradually prepare for full-time boarding schools. — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026

Manigan saw himself not only as a boxing coach but also a life coach, helping his pupils stay out of trouble. — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 17 July 2026

History and science lessons can use role play to help pupils examine events or decisions from different perspectives. — Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

His long white oval scleras and perfect-circle black pupils, sometimes open and sometimes closed, are always inexplicably expressive—managing to seem happy, sad, scared, sleepy, shifty, angry, eager, alarmed, mischievous, or murderous. — Casey Cep, New Yorker, 7 July 2026

Past attempts to teach people to spot AI faces have focused on training viewers to look for visual glitches or statistical fingerprints left behind by a particular image generator, such as a wonky ear or an eye with two pupils. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 29 June 2026

The Inquiry into White Working Class Educational Outcomes, found that in 2025, just 36% of white British pupils on free school meals achieve a Grade 4 or above in English and Maths GCSE, compared with 72% of non-free school meal pupils. — Will Barker, TheWeek, 29 June 2026

Its automatic mode finds the eyes and yields well-delineated, jet-black pupils. — Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026