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1. pupil
noun. ['ˈpjuːpəl'] a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution.
Synonyms
- nonreader
- college boy
- college man
- Ivy Leaguer
- overachiever
- passer
- law student
- student
- major
- medico
- nonachiever
- seminarian
- skipper
- enrollee
- seminarist
- scholar
- Etonian
- educatee
- auditor
- collegian
- underperformer
- withdrawer
- crammer
- art student
- medical student
- underachiever
- catechumen
- sixth-former
- neophyte
- teacher-student relation
Antonyms
Etymology
- pupille (Anglo-Norman)
- pupillus (Latin)
Rhymes with Pupil
- quadruple
- scruple
- n-tuple
- ruple
- knueppel
- goupil
How do you pronounce pupil?
Pronounce pupil as ˈpjupəl.
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Sentences with pupil
1. Noun, singular or mass
Press a glass marble into the center of the eye to form the eye pupil.
2. Adjective
The most obvious symptom is a difference in pupil size between the two eyes.
Quotes about pupil
1. Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.
- Dante Alighieri
2. The educator must believe in the potential power of his pupil, and he must employ all his art in seeking to bring his pupil to experience this power.
- Alfred Adler
3. To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul.
- Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
2. pupil
noun. ['ˈpjuːpəl'] the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot.
Synonyms
Etymology
- pupille (Anglo-Norman)
- pupillus (Latin)