Antonyms for schoolboy

Grammar : Noun

Spell : skool-boi

Phonetic Transcription : ˈskulˌbɔɪ

Definition of schoolboy

Origin : 1580s, from school (n.1) + boy. As an adjective from 1874. Related: Schoolboyish.

As in lad : noun young man
As in minor : noun person under legal age of maturity
As in boy : noun young man
As in school child : noun youth attending school

Example sentences :

As if you could be trusted with anything again that needs a schoolboy's intelligence.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

No, not ashamed, mother; but I thought it was not business-like, and seemed too much like a schoolboy.
Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder

The Corsicans speak Italian, and this would never do for a French schoolboy.
Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa

"Ask her," said Vernon, feeling like a schoolboy in an examination.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

I know it was a schoolboy's conduct; that is bad enough: and it is my son's, that is worse.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

Every schoolboy knows that a stone is lighter in water than in air.
Extract from : « The Monkey That Would Not Kill » by Henry Drummond

Every schoolboy knows them by heart, as poor Macaulay would have said.
Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle

And Tresler could not help calling to mind the schoolboy detected in some misdemeanor.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

Like the schoolboy all of them dreamed dreams and saw visions.
Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt

Like the schoolboy they were hot with the lust for adventure.
Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt

Synonyms for schoolboy

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