student
/ˈstjuː.dn̩t/ noun, adjective
Forms students
- noun A person who studies or learns about a particular subject. “She is a student of human interactions.”
- noun A person who is formally enrolled at a school, a college or university, or another educational institution. “The students were out raising funds for rag week.”
- noun (in particular) A person who is enrolled at a college or university (as contrasted with a pupil or schoolchild attending a primary or secondary school).
- adjective In training, learning a particular skill. “student teacher.”
Synonyms
candlewaster scholar devotee disciple pupil educatee scholarly person bookman
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English student, studient, from Old French estudiant, estudiente, from Latin studēns, present participle of studeō (“dedicate oneself to, study”). Equivalent to stud(y) + -ent.
From the pen-name of Irish statistician William Sealy Gosset.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from books; as, the students of an academy, a college, or a university; a medical student; a hard student.
- noun One who studies or examines in any manner; an attentive and systematic observer; as, a student of human nature, or of physical nature.
Etymology [L. studens, -entis, p.pr. of studere to study. See Study, n.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “student”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details