Definitions

pupil

[pyoo-puhl] / ˈpyu pəl /

NOUN

person who is learning something

Synonyms

STRONGEST

graduate student learner senior student undergraduate

STRONG

adherent attendant beginner bookworm brain catechumen disciple follower junior neophyte novice satellite scholar sophomore tenderfoot

WEAK

first-year student schoolboy/girl

Antonyms

STRONG

expert professional

WEAK

professor teacher

Example Sentences

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Or whether he ever thinks of the greater or lesser divergency of the rays, which arrive from any point to his PUPIL?

From A Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision by Berkeley, George

Another “puzzle” book of even an earlier date is “A Tangled Tale”; this is dedicated— TO MY PUPIL.

From Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home The Story of His Life by Moses, Belle

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