schoolboynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈskuːl.bɔɪ/us/ˈskuːl.bɔɪ/a boy who goes to school
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Students & pupils
- -grader
- alumna
- alumnus
- attrition
- batchmate
- boarder
- entrant
- frosh
- graduate
- infant
- intern
- internship
- learner
- pupil
- schoolgirl
- schoolmate
- sixth-former
- sophomore
- student
- theologian
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Idiom(s)
as every schoolboy/schoolchild knows
schoolboyadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈskuːl.bɔɪ/us/ˈskuːl.bɔɪ/like a child or at the time when someone was a child:
He recalled that he had a schoolboy crush on her (= liked her very much when he was a schoolboy).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Students & pupils
- -grader
- alumna
- alumnus
- attrition
- batchmate
- boarder
- entrant
- frosh
- graduate
- infant
- intern
- internship
- learner
- pupil
- schoolgirl
- schoolmate
- sixth-former
- sophomore
- student
- theologian
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