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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Pupil B was described by the former head of girls sport as being winded during the match and nothing more and when she asked Pupil B how she was she said "all good."

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Pupil A stated she had thought it was all fine in the beginning, but it had developed into "some kind of weird relationship" where they told each other "everything".

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Pupil Alesha, 14, says singing in the school choir brings everyone together.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

Pupil constriction began roughly 12 seconds before CSF moved out of the brain and reversed after attention returned.

From Science Daily • Jan. 20, 2026

The Seats of the Monks are of Wallnut-Tree, and over them are several Pictures of the Life of St. Paul drawn by an able Hand, who was Carache's Pupil.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

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