| Main Entry: | pupil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is learning something |
Synonyms: |
adherent, attendant, beginner, bookworm, brain*, catechumen, disciple, first-year student, follower, graduate student, junior, learner, neophyte, novice, satellite, scholar, schoolboy/ girl, senior, sophomore, student, tenderfoot, undergraduate |
Antonyms: |
professor, teacher |
| Main Entry: | academic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scholar or university/college teacher |
Synonyms: |
academician, lecturer, professor, pupil, scholar, scholastic, student, tutor |
Antonyms: |
ignoramus |
| Main Entry: | apprentice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | novice/learner of a trade |
Synonyms: |
amateur, beginner, flunky, greenhorn, heel, neophyte, new kid on block, newcomer, novitiate, probationer, pupil, rook, rookie*, starter, student, tenderfoot, tyro |
Antonyms: |
mentor, teacher |
| Main Entry: | disciple |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | believer, follower |
Synonyms: |
adherent, apostle, attendant, booster, buff, bug*, catechumen, cohort, convert, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend, freak, groupie, hound, junkie, learner, nut*, partisan, proselyte, pupil, rooter, satellite, sectary, sectator, student, supporter, votary, witness, zealot |
Antonyms: |
god |
| Main Entry: | follower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who believes or has great interest |
Synonyms: |
addict, adherent, admirer, advocate, apostle, attendant, backer, believer, bootlicker, buff, client, cohort, companion, convert, copycat, devotee, disciple, fan, fancier, freak*, habitué, hanger-on, helper, imitator, lackey, member, minion, parasite, participant, partisan, patron, promoter, proselyte, protégé, pupil, representative, satellite, sectary, servant, sidekick, stooge, supporter, sycophant, toady, vassal, votary, worshiper, zealot |
Antonyms: |
leader |
| Main Entry: | learner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who receives education |
Synonyms: |
abecedarian, apprentice, beginner, bookworm, catechumen, disciple, initiate, neophyte, novice, probationer, pupil, scholar, student, trainee |
Antonyms: |
ignoramus |
| Main Entry: | novice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person just learning something |
Synonyms: |
amateur, apprentice, beginner, colt, convert*, cub, first of May, fledgling, greenhorn, gremlin, know from nothing, learner, mark*, neophyte, new kid on the block, newcomer, novitiate, plebe, postulant, prentice, probationer, proselyte, punk*, pupil, recruit, rookie, starter, student, tenderfoot, trainee |
| Notes: | an amateur is someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime; a novice is someone who is new to a field or activity |
Antonyms: |
expert, professional |
| Main Entry: | scholar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is very involved in education and learning |
Synonyms: |
academic, augur, bookish person, bookworm, brain*, critic, disciple, doctor, egghead, gnome, grind*, intellectual, learned person, learner, litterateur, person of letters, philosopher, professor, pupil, sage, savant, schoolchild, scientist, student, teacher, tool, wise person |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | student |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person actively learning |
Synonyms: |
apprentice, disciple, docent, first-year student, grad, graduate, junior, learner, novice, observer, pupil, registrant, scholar, schoolchild, skill, sophomore, undergrad, undergraduate |
Antonyms: |
professor, teacher |