TRAINEE Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

trainee

noun

Definition of trainee

as in student

a person who is being trained for a job on-the-job trainees Not all of the management trainees will be hired.

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Recent Examples of trainee The aircraft, used by a parachuting school and carrying five trainee parachutists and five instructors, went down shortly after take-off from Nancy-Essey airport, officials said. — Christian Hartmann, USA Today, 28 June 2026 The trainee role is the one that quietly never gets posted. — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026 The fear of retaliation is strong, especially for new employees — as these former trainees explained. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 26 June 2026 Created in the K-pop mold, the girl group has gone from green trainees to global sensations with something to say. — Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for trainee

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trainee

Noun

That's useful information for how students think about education, not just as a path to a diploma, but as a place to actually build the specific things an employer will test them on.

— Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 12 July 2026
Wells, a student and wide receiver at Southwest Mississippi Community College, did not.

— Holly Yan, CNN Money, 11 July 2026

Definition of student

Noun

Nussmeier is the second high-profile Dallas-Fort Worth recruit to be denied an appeal Thursday, as North Crowley five-star John Meredith III, a Texas pledge, was also not granted eligibility.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026
The size of recruit classes are dictated by the department’s annual budget, which is approved by the City Council before each fiscal year.

— Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026