Pupil (Noun)

Meaning ¹

A young person attending school (up through senior high school).

Classification

Nouns denoting people.

Synonyms

• Schoolchild
• School-age Child

Hypernyms

• Spring Chicken
• Youth
• Young Person

Hyponyms

• Boarder
• Latchkey Child
• Schoolboy
• Day Boarder

Meaning ²

A learner who is enrolled in an educational institution.

Classification

Nouns denoting people.

Synonyms

• Educatee
• Student

Hypernyms

• Enrollee

Hyponyms

• Scholar
• Sixth-former
• Auditor
• Withdrawer
• Catechumen
• Art Student
• Crammer
• Nonreader
• Collegian
• Etonian
• Ivy Leaguer
• Wykehamist
• Skipper
• Medical Student
• Law Student
• Nonachiever
• Seminarian
• Passer
• Major
• College Boy
• Underachiever
• Overachiever

Meaning ³

The contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot.

Classification

Nouns denoting body parts.

Related Words

• Pupillary (adjective)