disciple

Main Entry:
son [suhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: offspring
Synonyms: ben, boy, child, descendant, disciple, fils, heir, lad, male, native, relative, sibling
Antonyms: daughter
Main Entry: sectary
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: devotee
Synonyms: addict, adherent, admirer, aficionado, amateur, believer, booster, buff, disciple, enthusiast, fanatic, fancier, fiend, follower, groupie, habitué, junkie, lover, rooter, supporter, votarient, votary, zealot
Main Entry: congregation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: assembled group, especially concerned with church-going
Synonyms: aggregation, assemblage, assembly, audience, churchgoers, collection, company, confab, crowd, disciples, flock, following, gathering, get-together, group, host, laity, meet, meeting, multitude, muster, parish, parishioners, public, sit-in, throng, turnout
Main Entry: contingent
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: group of followers
Synonyms: batch, body, bunch, deputation, detachment, disciples, mission, quota, sect, section, set
Main Entry: school
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: persons receiving education
Synonyms: academy, adherents, circle, class, clique, denomination, devotees, disciples, faction, followers, following, group, party, pupils, sect, set
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Concept: Learner.
Synonyms:
-nouns
learner, scholar, student, pupil; apprentice, prentice; articled clerk; beginner, tyro, abecedarian, alphabetarian; alumnus, eleve., recruit, novice, neophyte, inceptor, catechumen, probationer; chela, fellow-commoner; debutant., schoolboy; fresh, freshman; junior soph, junior; senior soph, senior; sophister, sophomore, soph; questionist., undergraduate., class, form, remove; pupilage (learning)., disciple, follower, apostle, proselyte; fellow-student, condisciple.
-adjectives
in statu pupillari, in leading strings.
Antonyms: teacher
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Concept: Scholar.
Synonyms:
-nouns
scholar, connoisseur, savant, pundit, schoolman, professor, graduate, wrangler; academician, academist; master of arts, doctor, licentitate, gownsman; philosopher, master of math; scientist, clerk; sophist, sophister; linguist; glossolinguist, philologist; philologer; lexicographer, glossographer; grammarian; litterateur, literati, dilettanti, illuminati; fellow, Hebraist, lexicologist, mullah, munshi, Sanskritish; sinologist, sinologue; Mezzofanti, admirable Crichton, Mecaenas., bookworm, helluo librorum; bibliophile, bibliomaniac; bluestocking, bas-bleu; bigwig, learned Theban, don; Artium Baccalaureus, Artium Magister., learned man, literary man; homo multarum literarum; man of learning, man of letters, man of education, man of genius., antiquarian, antiquary; archaeologist., sage (wise man)., pedant, doctrinaire; pedagogue, Dr. Pangloss; pantologist, criminologist., schoolboy (learner).
-adjectives
learned; brought up at the feet of Gamaliel.
-phrases
"he was a scholar and a ripe and good one" [Henry VIII]; "the manifold linguist" [All's Well That Ends Well].
Antonyms: ignoramus
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Concept: [more]. Contingent Duration.
Category: 1. ABSOLUTE TIME
Synonyms:
-adverbs
during pleasure, during good behavior; quandiu se bene gesserit.
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Concept: School.
Synonyms:
-nouns
school, academy, university, alma mater, college, seminary, Lyceum; institute, institution; palaestra, Gymnasium, class, seminar., day school, boarding school, preparatory school, prep school, primary school, infant school, dame's school, grammar school, middle class school, Board school, denominational school, National school, British and Foreign school, collegiate school, art school, continuation school, convent school, County Council school, government school, grant-in-aid school, high school, higher grade school, military school, missionary school, naval school, state-aided school, technical school, voluntary school, school; school of art; kindergarten, nursery, creche, reformatory., pulpit, desk, reading desk, ambo, lecture room, theater, amphitheater, forum, state, rostrum, platform, hustings, tribune., school book, horn book, text book; grammar, primer, abecedary, rudiments, manual, vade mecum; encyclopedia, cyclopedia; Lindley Murray, Cocker; dictionary, lexicon., professorship, lectureship, readership, fellowship, tutorship; chair., School Board Council of Education; Board of Education; Board of Studies, Prefect of Studies; Textbook Committee; propaganda.
-adjectives
scholastic, academic, collegiate; educational.
-adverbs
ex cathedra.
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