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schoolboy Definition

school·boy (sko̵̅o̅lbo̵i′)

noun

a boy attending school

schoolboy Synonyms

schoolboy

n.

lad, learner, pupil, youth; see student.

schoolboy Usage Examples

Possessives

  • dream: A trip to Caroline South In June 1967 Michael Wickham achieved every sixties schoolboy's dream.

Converse of object

  • overgrow: The world is an exciting and confusing place for Jeremy Clarkson - a man who can find the overgrown schoolboy in us all.
  • kill: A drunk illegal immigrant whose car killed a schoolboy was jailed for just EIGHT WEEKS.
  • age: These essays were written by a London schoolboy aged about 16.
  • include: David Williams included three schoolboys in a young side which took the lead before the Blues gained the upper hand.
  • bully: A much older man decided he could bully this poor helpless schoolboy ( that was me!
  • play: Actor Michael Sheard stayed in character for the whole link, with Andy playing the nervous schoolboy.

Adjective modifier

  • naughty: I felt a bit like a naughty schoolboy resubmitting his rejected homework to the teacher!
  • 14-year-old: It was here that the storm claimed the lives of 23-year-old domestic servant Ruth Blunden, and 14-year-old schoolboy Charles Voice.
  • 15-year-old: Nothing could possibly justify the murder of a 15-year-old schoolboy - those who could commit such a crime have absolutely nothing to offer society.
  • English: In the wholesome way that English schoolboys were encouraged I became friends with her brother Jean Francois.
  • former: Former public schoolboy One long hurrah for your book.
  • public: Kylie you see is very much like a public schoolboy.

Modifies a noun

  • howler: He accused the sub-committee of committing a " schoolboy howler " in its presentation of the evidence.
  • motocross: Schoolboy motocross or minimoto racing are the best options for youngsters.
  • prank: Hoax - superb fanzine dedicated almost completely to pranks & hoaxes, from schoolboy pranks to the greatest hoaxes of the century.
  • rugby: The newly formed league has been designed to provide a competitive structure to elite schoolboy rugby in the region.
  • error: Only there are some real schoolboy errors with included.
  • joke: A horror movie such as Aliens: Resurrection is very much at the level of a whodunit or a schoolboy joke.

Noun used with modifier

  • associate: Former Norwich City associate schoolboy Ricky Martin is a busy man.
schoolboy Quotes

Not the schoolboy heat, The blind hysterics of the Celt.

—Tennyson

How haughtily he lifts his nose, To tell what every schoolboy knows.

—Swift,Jonathan