'Student' definitions:
Definition of 'student'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
A learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines [syn: scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student]
Definition of 'Student'
From: GCIDE
- Student \Stu"dent\, n. [L. studens, -entis, p. pr. of studere to study. See Study, n.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Keep a gamester from the dice, and a good student from his book. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who studies or examines in any manner; an attentive and systematic observer; as, a student of human nature, or of physical nature. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'student'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- academician,
- admirer,
- apprentice,
- bookman,
- classicist,
- clerk,
- colossus of knowledge,
- commentator,
- critic,
- devotee,
- disciple,
- evaluator,
- follower,
- genius,
- giant of learning,
- grind,
- humanist,
- learned clerk,
- learned man,
- learner,
- literary man,
- litterateur,
- lover of learning,
- man of learning,
- man of letters,
- mastermind,
- mine of information,
- observer,
- philologist,
- philologue,
- philomath,
- philosophe,
- philosopher,
- polyhistor,
- polymath,
- pundit,
- pupil,
- savant,
- scholar,
- scholastic,
- schoolboy,
- schoolgirl,
- schoolman,
- swat,
- swot,
- swotter,
- trainee,
- undergraduate,
- walking encyclopedia