Standard Lemma guide

schoolboy

adj · noun · 3 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

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  • General-American: /ˈskulˌbɔɪ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S K UW1 L B OY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Characteristic of a schoolboy, especially being cheeky, clumsy and socially unaware.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A boy attending school.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: schoolchild, pupil, student

3

noun

Meaning 3

a boy attending school

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: male child, boy, schoolchild, school-age child, pupil

History

Etymology

From school + boy.

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: nxënës — young male student
  • Arabic: تِلْمِيذ (tilmīḏ) — young male student
  • Belarusian: шко́льнік (škólʹnik) — young male student
  • Belarusian: ву́чань (vúčanʹ) — young male student
  • Bulgarian: у́ченик (účenik) — young male student
  • Chinese Mandarin: 男學生 /男学生 (nánxuéshēng) — young male student
  • Czech: školák — young male student
  • Czech: žák — young male student
  • Danish: skoledreng — young male student
  • Dutch: leerling — young male student
  • Finnish: koulupoika — young male student
  • French: élève — young male student
  • French: écolier — young male student
  • German: Schüler — young male student
  • German: Schuljunge — young male student
  • Hungarian: iskolás — young male student
  • Icelandic: skólastrákur — young male student
  • Icelandic: skóladrengur — young male student
  • Icelandic: skólapiltur — young male student
  • Irish: buachaill scoile — young male student
  • Italian: alunno — young male student
  • Italian: scolaro — young male student
  • Japanese: 男子児童 (danshi jidō) — young male student
  • Japanese: 男子生徒 (danshi seito) — young male student
  • Japanese: 男子学生 (danshi gakusei) — young male student
  • Japanese: 男生徒 (danseito) — young male student
  • Japanese: 男生 (dansei) — young male student
  • Korean: 남학생 (namhaksaeng) — young male student
  • Latin: discipulus — young male student
  • Latvian: skolnieks — young male student
  • Macedonian: ученик (učenik) — young male student
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skolegutt — young male student
  • Polish: uczeń — young male student
  • Portuguese: aluno — young male student
  • Romanian: elev — young male student
  • Romanian: școlar — young male student
  • Russian: шко́льник (škólʹnik) — young male student
  • Russian: учени́к (učeník) — young male student
  • Sanskrit: छात्र (chātra) — young male student
  • Scottish Gaelic: balachan-sgoile — young male student
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̏ченӣк — young male student
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȕčenīk — young male student
  • Slovak: školák — young male student
  • Slovak: žiak — young male student
  • Slovene: šolar — young male student
  • Swedish: skolpojke — young male student
  • Turkish: okul çocuğu — young male student
  • Ukrainian: школя́р (školjár) — young male student
  • Ukrainian: у́чень (účenʹ) — young male student
  • Walloon: scolî — young male student
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