Definition of student Student

/stuˈdʌnt/ - [studunt] - stu•dent

We found 13 definitions of student from 7 different sources.

What does student mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: students
student - a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
		pupil, educatee
		enrollee a person who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study
		teacher-student relation the academic relation between teachers and their students
		art student someone studying to be an artist
		auditor a qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization
		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 textbook designed for cramming
		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 the principal field of study of a student at a university; "her major is linguistics"
		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 type genus of the Passeridae
		scholar a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
		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 depositor who withdraws funds previously deposited
student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
		scholar, scholarly person, bookman
		intellectual, intellect a person who uses the mind creatively
		schoolman, academician a scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism
		alumna, alumnus, grad, graduate, 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 children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office; "the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor"
		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 people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate"
		islamist an orthodox Muslim
		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 an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
		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
		pedant, bookworm, 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 one of a series of texts for students learning to read
		renaissance man a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics
		generalist, renaissance man a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics
		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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Wiktionary

student (Noun)
A person who studies a particular academic subject.
student (Noun)
A person seriously devoted to some subject, whether academic or not.
student (Noun)
A person enrolled at a university.
student (Noun)
A schoolchild.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

student (n.)
A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from books; as, the students of an academy, a college, or a university; a medical student; a hard student.
student (n.)
One who studies or examines in any manner; an attentive and systematic observer; as, a student of human nature, or of physical nature.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

student
A person who studies a particular academic subject.
student
Someone who attends a class.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

student
stū′dent, n. one who studies, a scholar at a higher school, college, or university: one devoted to the study of any subject: a man devoted to books.—ns. Stū′dentry, students collectively; Stū′dentship, an endowment for a student in a college

Wikipedia

A student is a person who is learning something. Students can be children or teenagers who are going to school, but it may also be other people who are learning, such as in college.