student
Syllables: stu·dent/ˈstjuː.dn̩t/
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Wales/ˈstɪʊ.dənt/
student noun: a person who studies or learns about a particular subject.
Noun
student (plural students)
- A person who studies or learns about a particular subject.
- She is a student of human interactions.
- He is a student of life.
- Synonyms:
- candlewaster, scholar, devotee, disciple
- A person who is formally enrolled at a school, a college or university, or another educational institution.
- The students were out raising funds for rag week.
- In general, alſo, it may be obſerved, that a greater degree of gentility is affixed to the character of a ſtudent in England than elſewhere ; by which means our clergy have an opportunity of ſeeing better company while young, and of ſooner wearing off thoſe prejudices which they are apt to imbibe...a. 1774, Oliver Goldsmith, “Essay XII”, in The Miscellaneous Works of Dr. Goldsmith, volume III, Edinburgh: Geo. Mudie, published 1792, page 71
- A person who is enrolled at a college or university (as contrasted with a pupil or schoolchild attending a primary or secondary school).
Adjective (1)
student (not comparable)
Adjective (2) capitalized: Student
Student (not comparable)
- Clipping of Student's.
student meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
student in Hindi
- person enrolled at a school, university or other education institution
- विद्यार्थी vidyārthī, विद्यार्थिनी vidyārthinī, छात्र chātra, छात्रा chātrā, शिष्य śiṣya, शिष्या śiṣyā
- person enrolled at a university — see also university student
- विद्यार्थी vidyārthī, विद्यार्थिनी vidyārthinī, छात्र chātra, छात्रा chātrā, शिष्य śiṣya, शिष्या śiṣyā
- person who studies a subject
- विद्यार्थी vidyārthī, विद्यार्थिनी vidyārthinī, छात्र chātra, छात्रा chātrā, शिष्य śiṣya, शिष्या śiṣyā
student in Tamil
- person who studies a subject
- கற்பவன் kaṟpavaṉ
student in Marathi
- person who studies a subject
- विद्यार्थी vidyārthī, विद्यार्थिनी vidyārthinī
student in Urdu
- person enrolled at a university — see also university student
- طالِبِ عِلْم tālib-i 'ilm, چھاتْر chātr
- person who studies a subject
- طالِبِ عِلْم tālib-i 'ilm, چھاتْر chātr, طالِب tālib, اِسْٹُوڈینْٹ isṭūḍenṭ, اِسْٹُوڈِنْٹ isṭūḍinṭ, مُرِید murīd
More languagesFewer languages
- student in Bengali
- ছাত্র chatro, তালিব talibo, শাগরেদ śagred
- student in Telugu
- విద్యార్థి vidyārthi
- student in Malayalam
- വിദ്യാർത്ഥി vidyāṟtthi, വിദ്യാർത്ഥിനി vidyāṟtthini
- student in Kannada
- ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ vidyārthi
- student in Punjabi
- ਵਿਦਿਆਰਥੀ ਨੇ
- student in Gujarati
- વિદ્યાર્થી vidyārthī
- student in Odia
- ଛାତ୍ର chātra, ଚାଟ cāṭa
- student in Sanskrit
- शिष्य śiṣya, छात्त्र chāttra, विद्यार्थिन् vidyārthin, छात्त्रा chāttrā
- student in Sinhala
- ශිෂ්යයා śiṣyayā
- student in Assamese
- ছাত্ৰ satro, ছাত্ৰী satri, ছাত্ৰ-ছাত্ৰী satro-satri
- student in Nepali
- विद्यार्थी vidyārthī
- student in Pashto
- محصل mohasel, محصله mohasela, طالب tāleb
- student in Tagalog
- estudyante, mag-aaral
- student in Arabic
- طَالِب ṭālib, طَالِبَة ṭāliba, تِلْمِيذ tilmīḏ, تِلْمِيذَة tilmīḏa
- student in Malay
- mahasiswa, pelajar, murid
- student in Indonesian
- mahasiswa, mahasiswi, murid, pelajar
- student in Persian
- دانِشْجو dânešju, دانِشآموز dâneš-âmuz, شاگِرْد šâgerd, مُحَصِّل muhassil
- student in Thai
- นักศึกษา nák-sʉ̀k-sǎa, นักเรียน nák-riian
- student in Vietnamese
- sinh viên, học sinh
- student in Myanmar
- ကျောင်းသား kyaung:sa:, ကျောင်းသူ kyaung:su
Examples of student in a sentence
- The teacher asked the students to write a report on current events.
- The new teacher was strict and the students did not want to abide by his rules.
- I'm the oldest student in my year because I've repeated twice.
Synonyms of student
Antonyms
Forms of student
| plural | students |
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Origin of student
From Middle English student, studient, from Old French estudiant, estudiente, from Latin studēns, present participle of studeō (“dedicate oneself to, study”). Equivalent to stud(y) + -ent.
From the pen-name of Irish statistician William Sealy Gosset.
Words formed from student
- studentize
- antistudent
- art student
- A student
- cyberstudent
- exchange student
- external student
- grad student
- graduate student
- graduate student descent
- honor student
- international student
- legacy student
- mature-age student
- mature student
- medical student
- mud student
- multistudent
- nonstudent
- non-traditional student
- nontraditional student
- parent-teacher-student association
- primary school student
- professional student
- studency
- student affairs
- student-athlete
- student body
- student council
- student driver
- studentese
- studentess
- student ghetto
- studenthood
- student hour
- studential
- studentification
- studentish
- studentization
- studentized
- studentizing
- student lamp
- studentless
- studentlike
- student loan
- studently
- student nation
- student number
- studentry
- studentship
- student strike
- student syndrome
- student teacher
- student union
- student voice
- studenty
- tertiary student
- traditional student
- transfer student
Phrases with student
- student hours
- student loans
- student bodies
- student unions
- student athlete
- student drivers
- student ghettos
- student nations
- student numbers
- student strikes
- student athletes
- student councils
2 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with student
Questions about student
- What does student mean?
- Student means a person who studies or learns about a particular subject.
- What is student in Hindi?
- Student in Hindi is विद्यार्थी (vidyārthī), विद्यार्थिनी (vidyārthinī), छात्र (chātra). See Student meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is student?
- Student can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce student?
- Student is pronounced /ˈstjuː.dn̩t/.
- What is the plural of student?
- The plural of student is students.
Words near student in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: student (page history and authors); Student (page history and authors); student (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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