student

stu·dent  (stdnt, styd-)

n.

1. One who is enrolled or attends classes at a school, college, or university.

2.

a. One who studies something: a student of contemporary dance.

b. An attentive observer: a student of world affairs.

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[Middle English, alteration (influenced by Latin studre, to study) of studient, studiant, from Old French estudiant, one who studies, from present participle of estudier, to study, from Medieval Latin studire, from Latin studium, study; see study.]

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student

Noun

1. a person following a course of study in a school, college, or university

2. a person who makes a thorough study of a subject: a keen student of opinion polls [Latin studens diligent]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	student - a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution educatee, pupil art student - someone studying to be an artist auditor - a student who attends a course but does not take it for credit catechumen, neophyte - a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist college boy, college man, collegian - a student (or former student) at a college or university crammer - a student who crams enrollee - a person who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study Etonian - a student enrolled in (or graduated from) Eton College Ivy Leaguer - a student or graduate at an Ivy League school law student - a student in law school major - a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject; "she is a linguistics major" medical student, medico - a student in medical school nonreader - a student who is very slow in learning to read overachiever - a student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated passer - a student who passes an examination scholar - a student who holds a scholarship seminarian, seminarist - a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary) sixth-former - a student in the sixth form skipper - a student who fails to attend classes nonachiever, underachiever, underperformer - a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates withdrawer - a student who withdraws from the educational institution in which he or she was enrolled Wykehamist - a student enrolled in (or graduated from) Winchester College teacher-student relation - the academic relation between teachers and their students
	2.	student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines bookman, scholar, scholarly person intellectual, intellect - a person who uses the mind creatively academician, schoolman - a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation alumna, alumnus, graduate, grad, alum - a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) Arabist - a scholar who specializes in Arab languages and culture bibliographer - someone trained in compiling bibliographies bibliophile, book lover, booklover - someone who loves (and usually collects) books Kabbalist, Cabalist - a student of the Jewish Kabbalah Dr., doctor - a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics" goliard - a wandering scholar in medieval Europe; famed for intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of satirical and ribald Latin songs historian, historiographer - a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it humanist - a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts learned person, pundit, savant, initiate - someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field Islamist - a scholar who knowledgeable in Islamic studies licentiate - holds a license (degree) from a (European) university Masorete, Masorite, Massorete - a scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of the Jewish scribes who contributed to the Masorah) master - someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution mujtihad - an Islamic scholar who engages in ijtihad, the effort to derive rules of divine law from Muslim sacred texts musicologist - a student of musicology bookworm, pedant, scholastic - a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit philomath - a lover of learning philosopher - a specialist in philosophy post doc, postdoc - a scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree reader - a person who enjoys reading Renaissance man - a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics generalist, Renaissance man - a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests; "a statistician has to be something of a generalist" salutatorian, salutatory speaker - a graduating student with the second highest academic rank; may deliver the opening address at graduation exercises scholiast - a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author) medieval Schoolman, Schoolman - a scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism Shakespearean, Shakespearian - a Shakespearean scholar Sinologist - a student of Chinese history and language and culture theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer - someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology valedictorian, valedictory speaker - the student with the best grades who usually delivers the valedictory address at commencement Vedist - a scholar of or an authority on the Vedas

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student

noun 1. undergraduate, scholar

noun 2. pupil, scholar, schoolchild, schoolboy or schoolgirl

noun 3. learner, observer, trainee, apprentice, disciple

Translations

student [ˈstjuːdənt] n → estudiante m/f

adj → estudiantil;

a law/medical student → un(a) estudiante de derecho/medicina

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student [ˈstjuːdənt] n → étudiant(e)

adj [life] → estudiantin(e) → étudiant(e) → d'étudiant; [residence, restaurant] → universitaire; [loan, movement] → étudiant, universitaire d'étudiant;

law/medical student → étudiant en droit/ médecine

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student [ˈstjuːdənt] n → Student(in) m(f);

(at school) → Schüler(in) m(f)

cpd → Studenten-;

law/medical student → Jura-/Medizinstudent(in) m(f);

student nurse → Krankenpflegeschüler(in) m(f);

student teacher → Referendar(in) m(f)

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student [ˈstjuːdənt] n → studente/essa

cpd → studentesco/a; universitario/a; degli studenti;

a law/medical student → uno studente di legge/di medicina