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scantron

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈskænˌtɹɒn/
  • General-American: /ˈskænˌtɹɑn/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A device used to scan prepared forms used for multiple-choice and true-or-false testing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: attributive, often

Topics: education

Examples

  • 2008, Audrey Denise Bowser, Transforming Teacher Education to Support Multicultural Technology Pedagogy, PhD Dissertation, Iowa State University, page 66, Additionally, a scantron bubble sheet and a statement of informed consent were given to students for review and a signature was required before the survey was administered.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A prepared form for use in such a device.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: education

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Genericized trademark. By genericization of Scantron (from scan + -tron), a manufacturer and brand name of the devices.