PUPILS Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

pupils

noun

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plural of pupil

as in students

one who attends a school generally there are 20 pupils in each class

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nonstudents

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

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Recent Examples of pupils More than a dozen people were treated for injuries at the scene and 10, including several pupils, were taken to the hospital for treatment. —

ABC News, 1 May 2026 In voice-over, Aunt Lydia likens teaching her Gilead pupils — her Plums and her Handmaids before them — to preparing a steak. —

Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026 According to the New York City Independent Budget Office, that number stands at one instructor for every nine pupils. —

Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026 Already, as the second picture shows, the ewes’ pupils had morphed into rounds. —

Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026 Restricting student screen time at LAUSD The board passed a resolution barring screens for kindergarten and first-grade students and capping usage for older pupils. —

Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026 Just as your brain effortlessly combines visual data from two pupils about a palm’s width from each other, the VueBuds' AI meshes two separate camera images into one. —

New Atlas, 21 Apr. 2026 Founded in 1990 by Lord Immanuel Jakobovits, the former Chief Rabbi of the British Commonwealth, the school serves roughly 360 pupils ages 10-18. —

Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026 These key distinctions make AI education more than a buzzword, highlighting the real-world difference between pupils learning career-ready technical skills versus efforts to force the nascent technology into primary school classrooms. —

Catherine Thorbecke, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Still, much of the public conversations around education centers on test scores and older students, leaving early childhood largely out of the discussion.

— Tina Dello Russo, Boston Herald, 10 May 2026
Through their discussions, and the essays and stories that they were assigned to write each week, Heidi came to know her students’ pain.

— Nicholas Dawidoff, New Yorker, 10 May 2026