SCHOOLKID Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

schoolkid

noun

Definition of schoolkid

as in schoolchild

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Recent Examples of schoolkid The latter film explores the dramatic effort to save a group of schoolkids stranded in a cable car in a remote area of Northern Pakistan after a high-tension wire snapped, leaving them dangling almost a thousand feet above a valley. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2026 Change affects nearly 30 million schoolkids The new rules will change meals served to about 30 million students enrolled in the National School Lunch Program. — Jonel Aleccia, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026 Georgie politely declined the various maple-syrup treats but happily headed to the hill where the schoolkids were. — Rivka Galchen, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Mar. 2023 The plazas hum with life when local schoolkids stop by or there are neighborhood festivals, such as the Undiscovered SF gathering last weekend that celebrated Filipino culture. — San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for schoolkid

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Noun

Learning to read and write cursive was once a rite of passage for practically every American schoolchild.

— Washington Post, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2026
Would that every schoolchild could stand on the grassy knoll for a quiet minute, pondering the imponderables.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026

Definition of schoolchild

Noun

One picture shows a schoolboy Rogers at the Hawks’ annual presentation evening, wearing a tie in their red and blue colours.

— Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
With the sprightly energy of a schoolboy, Jean-Paul Doron bounds into an empty creek, his red suede shoes scraping pale rocks.

— Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of schoolboy

Noun

Noah, a kindergartener at the time, also had to ride the bus with high school students, until an advocate intervened on the family’s behalf.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
Palladino was a kindergartner in Brooklyn when classmates suddenly began being called over the school PA system to go home.

— Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of kindergartner

Noun

Getty An island that had spent decades pairing glamour with license was perhaps the wrong place to entrust an adolescent to unusually permissive relatives.

— Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
One adolescent possibly had contact with the bat, officials said.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of adolescent

Noun

Encourage your preschooler to be more mindful by teaching them kid-friendly meditation techniques, including deep breathing exercises, mindfulness activities, and even guided sleep meditations.

— Heather Gowen Walsh, Parents, 13 Aug. 2026
For a preschooler, the cost was $1,121 at a home and $1,271 at a center.

— Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of preschooler

Noun

In the winter months of 1973, kids were taking flashlights to the pitch-black bus stops in the morning.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Carmella is also still mad at Vicki for saying that Danny is raising her kids, and Heather is angry after learning that Vicki called her fake in Palm Springs.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

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