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单词 schoolboys
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schoolboy

1 of 2

noun

school·​boy ˈskül-ˌbȯi How to pronounce schoolboy (audio)
: a boy attending school

schoolboy

2 of 2

adjective

1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of a schoolboy
schoolboy pranks
2
: of, relating to, or being a sport for high school or prep school boys
also : being one who participates in such sports

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Even as a schoolboy, Branson had an entrepreneurial zeal, although his first business ventures were a disaster. Rachel Sylvester For The Times, Robb Report, 18 July 2022 Dispatched to the elite Eton College at the age of 13, Johnson the schoolboy learned the unnerving confidence that an expensive and exclusive education buys, an asset which lubricated his passage through life. Rosa Prince, CNN, 7 July 2022 Little Nicholas, France’s quintessential schoolboy, who here meets his makers, Goscinny and Sempé. John Hopewell, Variety, 18 June 2022 His journey from schoolboy to Army officer and champion of the charity trail blazed by his mother is chronicled in the latest issue of PEOPLE Royals. Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2022 She was often seen alongside Cheol-su, a cherubic schoolboy with a bowl cut who, in the disturbing world of the show, is sure to be just as bloodthirsty as his partner. Radhika Seth, Vogue, 13 June 2022 As Sam starts digging, we are transported back to 1964, where febrile schoolboy crushes abound and students are enraptured by one particularly charismatic teacher. The New Yorker, 20 June 2022 And then a schoolboy with mean little eyes who tries to cajole her, menacingly, into a game of hide-and-seek. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 20 May 2022 In the big blowout, Lacy scored 74 points, then a Maryland schoolboy record. Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 19 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1588, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

schoolboy

noun

school·​boy ˈskül-ˌbȯi How to pronounce schoolboy (audio)
: a boy who goes to school

schoolboys

noun

plural of schoolboy
1
as in schoolchildren

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • schoolchildren
  • schoolgirls
  • students
  • preppies
  • schoolfellows
  • readers
  • schoolmates
  • pupils
  • day students
  • undergraduates
  • studiers
  • coeds
  • collegians
  • kindergartners
  • juniors
  • scholars
  • postgraduates
  • freshmen
  • middlers
  • sophomores
  • kindergarteners
  • undergrads
  • upperclassmen
  • high schoolers
  • underclassmen
  • middle schoolers
  • seniors
  • exchange students

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • nonstudents
2
as in youngsters

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • youngsters
  • teenagers
  • kids
  • adolescents
  • boys
  • juveniles
  • moppets
  • kiddies
  • minors
  • lads
  • youths
  • younglings
  • tweens
  • striplings
  • nippers
  • laddies
  • kiddos
  • urchins
  • gamins
  • boyos
  • toddlers
  • shavers
  • guttersnipes
  • whippersnappers
  • tykes
  • tads
  • boychiks
  • sonnies
  • callants
  • hobbledehoys
  • shavelings
  • imps
  • boychicks
  • tikes
  • tots
  • squirts
  • mama's boys
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