schoolboy
schoolboy
Definition
school·boy (sko̵̅o̅l′bo̵i′)
noun
a boy attending school
schoolboy
Synonyms
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.
How haughtily he lifts his nose, To tell what every schoolboy knows.
Browse dictionary entries near schoolboy
- schoolbook
- school year
- school tie
- school system
- school district
- school day
- school (crossing) guard
- school bus
- school board
- school age
- schoolchild
- Schoolcraft
- schoolfellow
- schoolgirl
- schoolhouse
- schooling
- schoolman
- schoolmarm
- schoolmaster
- schoolmate
