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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.

[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.]

student [ˈstjuːdənt]
n
1. (Social Science / Education)
a.  a person following a course of study, as in a school, college, university, etc.
b.  (as modifier) student teacher
2. (Social Science / Education) a person who makes a thorough study of a subject
[from Latin studēns diligent, from studēre to be zealous; see study]

student
  • educand - A student.
  • grammatist - A student of grammar.
  • oenologist - A "student of wine."
  • civilian - First a student or practitioner of civil law.
  • ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
    Noun1.student - a learner who is enrolled in an educational institutionstudent - a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
    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)student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
    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

    student
    noun
    1. undergraduate, scholar, postgraduate, fresher (Brit. informal), tutee a 23-year-old medical student
    2. pupil, scholar, schoolchild, schoolboy or schoolgirl She's a former student of the school.
    3. learner, observer, trainee, apprentice, disciple a passionate student of history
    Translations
    student [ˈstjuːdənt]
    A. N (Scol) → alumno/a m/f (Univ) → estudiante mf, universitario/a m/f; (= researcher) → investigador(a) m/f
    a law/medical studentun(a)estudiante de derecho/medicina
    French student (by nationality) → estudiante mf francés/esa; (by subject) → estudiante mf de francés
    he is a student of bird lifees un estudioso de las aves
    B. CPD [life, unrest, attitude] → estudiantil
    student body N [of school] → alumnado m; [of university] → estudiantado m
    student driver N (US) persona que está sacando el carnet de conducir
    student grant Nbeca f
    student loan Ncrédito m personal para estudiantes
    student nurse Nestudiante mf de enfermería
    student teacher N (studying, at college) → estudiante mf de magisterio; (doing teaching practice, in secondary school) → profesor(a) m/f en prácticas; (in primary school) → maestro/a m/f en prácticas
    student(s') union N (= building) → centro m estudiantil (Brit) (= association) → federación f de estudiantes

    student [ˈstuːdənt]
    n
    (at university or college)étudiant(e) m/f
    law student → étudiant(e) en droit
    medical student → étudiant(e) en médecine
    (at secondary school)élève mf
    to be a keen student of sth (= very interested in) → être un(e) étudiant(e) passionné(e) de qch
    modif [accommodation, movement, protest, riots, revolt, activist, representative] → étudiant(e); [house, bar, body, organization, intake, numbers, population, places] → d'étudiants; [politics] → à l'université; [newspaper, magazine, visa] → étudiant(e); [life, years] → d'étudiant(e); [debt, welfare] → de l'étudiant
    in his student days → lorsqu'il était étudiant
    student council ncomité m des délégués de classe
    student driver n (US)apprenti(e) conducteur/trice m/f
    student file n (US)dossier m scolaire
    student grant nbourse f
    student ID card n (US)carte f d'étudiant
    student loan nprêt accordé par l'État)m étudiant >
    student nurse nélève mf infirmier/ière
    students' union student union n
    (British) (= association) → association f d'étudiants
    (= building) → foyer m des étudiants
    student teacher nélève mf professeur
    stud farm nharas m

    student
    n (Univ) → Student(in) m(f), → Studierende(r) mf; (esp US, at school, night school) → Schüler(in) m(f); he is a student of French life/human natureer studiert die französische Lebensart/die menschliche Natur; he is a student of French or a French student (Univ) → er studiert Französisch; (Sch) → er lernt Französisch; medical/law studentsMedizin-/Jurastudenten pl
    adj attrStudenten-; activities, protest movementstudentisch; student driver (US) → Fahrschüler(in) m(f); student nurseKrankenpflegeschüler(in) m(f)

    student:
    student body
    student card
    student loan
    nStudentendarlehen nt
    studentship
    n (Brit: = grant) → Stipendium nt
    student(s’) union
    n (Brit)
    (= organization) Studentenorganisation an britischen Universitäten, die sich um soziale Belange der Studenten kümmert (esp political) → Studentenbund m
    (= building)Gebäude ntder Student(s’) Union/des Studentenbundes
    student teacher
    nReferendar(in) m(f)
    student unrest

    student [ˈstjuːdnt]
    1. n (Scol, Univ) → studente/essa; (of human nature) → studioso/a
    a law/medical student → uno/a studente/essa di legge/di medicina
    2. adj (life, unrest) → studentesco/a; (attitudes, opinions) → degli studenti; (canteen) → universitario/a

    student
    n student [ˈstjuːdənt]
    1 an undergraduate or graduate studying for a degree at a university etc university students; a medical student; (also adjective ) She is a student nurse/teacher. student طالِب студент student(ský) student; -student; studerende der/die Studierende φοιτητής, σπουδαστής estudiante üliõpilane دانشجو opiskelija (d')étudiant/-ante סְטוּדֶנט छात्र, विद्यार्थी, छात्रा student (egyetemi, főiskolai) hallgató, diák; (jelzőként:) gyakorló, diák- mahasiswa stúdent studente, studentessa 学生 학생 studentas students pelajar student student; sykepleierelev; kandidat; praksiselev student estudante stu­dent студент(ка) študent; študentský študent; študentski student studerande, student, []elev, []kandidat นักศึกษา öğrenci (尤指大專)學生 студент طالب علم sinh viên
    2 (especially American) a boy or girl at school. skolier تِلْميذ ученик žák elev der/die Schuler(in) μαθητής alumno õpilane دانش آموز oppilas élève תַּלמִיד प्रेक्षक, पर्यवेक्षण učenik, đak diák pelajar námsmaður studente, studentessa 生徒 남, 녀 학생 moksleivis skolēns pelajar scholier skoleelev uczeń estudante elev учащийся žiak dijak učenik elev นักเรียน öğrenci 學生 учень اسکول جانے والا لڑکا یا لڑکی nam sinh, nữ sinh
    3 a person studying a particular thing a student of politics. student طالِب يَدْرُسُ موضوعا ما изучаващ student, studující -studerende der/die Student(in) σπουδαστής, μελετητής estudiante õppija محقق opiskelija étudiant/-ante סְטוּדֶנט शिक्षार्थी, अधेयता učenjak, proučavatelj kutató pelajar áhugamaður um, –skoðari studente, studentessa 研究者 특정한 것을 배우는 사람 (ką) studijuojantis žmogus, tyrinėtojas pētnieks; interesents pelajar kenner forsker badacz estudante student изучающий (что-л.) študujúci študent student intresserad [] นักศึกษา öğrenci 學者 той, хто щось вивчає کسی فن یا علم کا مطالعہ کرنے والا nhà nghiên cứu

    student طالب student studerende Student φοιτητής estudiante opiskelija étudiant student studente 学生 학생 student student student estudante студент student นักเรียน öğrenci sinh viên 学生


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