SCHOOLCHILDREN Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

schoolchildren

noun

plural of schoolchild

as in students

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nonstudents

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Noun

Between tuition, books, supplies and all the other costs that arrive with a new academic year, transportation is one area where students and families may be looking to save.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2026
But research shows that alcohol poses a greater risk to students.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of students

Noun

As Coca-Cola works to automate dirty soda and refreshers, CNBC's Amelia Lucas takes readers inside the secretive labs where the soda maker is planning its next wave of innovation.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
Risam takes readers back to the dawn of data, charting the course of human recordkeeping from Mesopotamian farming to present-day surveillance technology.

— Mary Lawrence Ware, semafor.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of readers

Noun

Their heads are broad and coppery in color, and their eyes have vertical, catlike pupils.

— Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 19 Aug. 2026
Our eyes collect light through our pupils, tiny openings only a few millimeters in diameter, and a lens inside our eyes focuses the light onto an optic nerve.

— Elijah Tan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of pupils

Noun

The University of Nevada, where many of the 20,000 undergraduates moved into their housing this weekend, was just outside the evacuation zone Sunday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Harvard University’s policy capping A grades among undergraduates doesn’t officially start for another year, but students heading back to school this fall are already fretting over the changes.

— Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of undergraduates

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