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

In each of the future belligerent countries, elite schools would have long regarded it as their duty to instill in their pupils, the officer class in the making, a martial spirit. — Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026

Fear, by contrast, is linked to the sympathetic nervous system, which dilates the pupils. — Gabriela Galvin, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2026

Set in 1980s Britain, the comedy follows eight pupils at a Sheffield boys’ grammar school. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026

Initially driven by high school pupils, teachers, higher education students and trade unions have since joined the ranks of the protests. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

The majority of protesters have been peaceful, but violence on the fringes is having an impact, with a daily menu of fireworks thrown at police and volleys of tear gas fired at high school pupils. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026

Thunberg, who rose to fame as a teenage protester against climate change but has since broadened her activism, said the French pupils deserved wider support. — Reuters, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026

Being in a state of desire produces physical reactions that are difficult to manufacture — sweat, blood rushing, dilated pupils — while offering up the human impulses behind the work, like what excites a designer and what they’re drawn to. — Amy Francombe, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026

The district’s middle schools are also below capacity, with space for more than 8,700 pupils and just 5,200 middle school students, according to the district. — Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026