What is another word for schoolgirl?

Pronunciation: [skˈuːlɡɜːl] (IPA)

The word schoolgirl is commonly used to describe a female student who attends school. However, there are several synonyms that can be used to describe a schoolgirl, such as pupil, student, learner, scholar, or attendee. Other alternatives could include junior or senior high schooler, teenager, adolescent, or young woman. These terms can vary based on age and educational level, but all refer to a female who is enrolled in school or receiving an education. Using different synonyms can add variety to your writing and help to avoid overusing a particular word.

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What are the hypernyms for Schoolgirl?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Schoolgirl?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

What are the opposite words for schoolgirl?

The antonyms for the word "schoolgirl" include an adult, a man, or a woman. Schoolgirl refers to a young female student who attends school, so antonyms are words that are opposite in meaning. An adult is someone who has reached maturity and no longer attends school. A man is a male individual who also does not attend school as a student, while a woman is an adult female who is not a schoolgirl. Other possible antonyms for schoolgirl could include dropout, truant, or non-student. These words all have a negative connotation, however, and may be less appropriate in certain contexts.

What are the antonyms for Schoolgirl?

  • n.

    girl minor
    • adult
    • .

Usage examples for Schoolgirl

In fact, at this moment, the seaward view from any Brighton window resembled nothing so much as an attempt at water-colour that a schoolgirl has got into a hopeless mess through washing and washing away at her skies, until she has got her heaviest colour smudged over the horizon-line.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
Any silly schoolgirl can learn that.
"Jane Lends A Hand"
Shirley Watkins
Somehow she could no longer face the man's steady eyes without betraying herself like some weak, silly schoolgirl.
"The Son of his Father"
Ridgwell Cullum

Famous quotes with Schoolgirl

  • I didn't understand the American fascination with the Japanese schoolgirl. No, I don't think I can, really.
    Chiaki Kuriyama
  • No one has really heard my side of the story, the adventure we had together, the transformation that I had going from a schoolgirl to a woman overnight.
    Priscilla Presley
  • I was studying to be an architect, I wasn't plotting to join the movies. Films were just another career option. I took acting up with the same schoolgirl enthusiasm I had for examinations. Acting is a job and I take it very seriously.
    Aishwarya Rai
  • We were only there for five days and during that time Tom was a bit annoyed that the French were more interested in me and my schoolgirl outfit than him and his long scarf.
    Lalla Ward
  • The merest schoolgirl [school girl,] when she falls in love, has Shakespeare or Keats to speak her mind for her; but let a sufferer [try to] describe a pain in his head to a doctor and language at once runs dry.
    Virginia Woolf

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