Reverse Dictionary: STUDENT

ADJECTIVES
► FROSH having to do with freshmen → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS
► PRIMER a class covering one of the first years of instruction in a primary school; a child in a primary school class → 1885 chiefly NZ
► RUSHING a participating in a fight or other contest of strength between first and second year students → 1856 US students’ sl.
► ZOO a place where students congregate → 1964 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► ZOO BOOK a student directory with photographs of each student → 1968 US sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ABD a student who has completed all the work required for the award of a doctorate, except for the dissertation (all but dissertation) → 1954 Amer.
► ACADEMIAN a member of an academy; an academic or academician; a student in a university or students’ → 1593
► ACADEMIC a member of a university or college, now spec. a senior member, a member of a university or college’s teaching or research staff. also. in weakened sense, a person interested in or excelling at pursuits involving reading, thinking, and study → 1581
► ACADEMICAL a member of an academy; a student in a university or students’ → 1656
► ACADEMICIAN a collegian; a student in a students’ or university → 1665
► AG ► AGGIE an agricultural student → 1910s US sl.
► ALUM an alumnus or alumna →  1934 US sl.
► ALUMNA a female pupil or student of a school, college, or university → 1892
► ALUMNUS a former pupil or student (typically male) of a particular school, university, etc. → 1800 orig. US
► APPLE POLISHER a favoured student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► APPLE SIMONIZER a favoured student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► APPLICANT a diligent student → 1829 Amer. dial.
► BABE a freshman → 1927 US students’ sl.
► BALL OF FIRE a brilliant student, usually with the added idea of great energy → 1914 US students’ sl.
► BARB a student who is not a member of a Greek-letter fraternity → 1900 US students’ sl.
► BATCHMATE a member of the same graduation class as another; a classmate → 1918 chiefly South Asian & Philippine English
► BEAR a student → 1828 Oxford university sl., obs.
► BIB a student at the biblical institute → 1900 US students’ sl.
► BIFFTAD a preppy → 1988 Amer. teen & high school sl.
► BIG MAN a popular, important student, usually a leader in social, athletic, and extracurricular activities → 1975 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BIG MAN ON CAMPUS ► BIG MAN ON THE CAMPUS a popular or influential male student at a students’ or university → 1923 Amer.
► BIG-TIME OPERATOR a student who is prominent in school and social activities; a student who is a leader in extracurricular activities an is quick to accept current fads of student dress, speech, and belief; a male student who is adroit in establishing relationships with female students → c1940 Amer. student sl.
► BIG WHEEL a student who is important in school and social activities → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► BIG WOMAN ON CAMPUS an important female students’ student → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BLOOD a wealthy student fond of sporting → 1904 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BLUE a student who is strict in observance of students’ regulations → 1904 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BLUE-LIGHT a student who seeks to ingratiate himself with the faculty by informing → 1904 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BLUE-STOCKING a women student → 1904 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BOFF a diligent student → 1996 UK sl.
► BOHN ► BONE a hard-working student → 1904 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BOOK BEATER a student who studies hard → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► BOOKWORM a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BRAIN BOX a student who studies hard → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► BUBBLE-GUMMER a high school student; a callow girl; a young sister → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BULL RATS transfer students → 1934 students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BURSCH a student in a German university → 1830
► BUTTER-AND-EGG FLY a popular co-ed → 1934 students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BUTTERY BENJIE a first-year student at some Scottish universities → 1854 Sc. sl. obs.
► CAD a student in an academy or preparatory school → M19 US students’ sl.
► CAMEL-JOCK a foreign student from the near East → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► CEREB an overdiligent student → 1980 US students’ sl.
► CHRONIC a student who does not graduate and remains a member of the university → 1897 UK students’ sl.
► CLOUD a popular co-ed → 1934 students’ sl. (Bk.)
► CO-ED  a female student at a co-educational institution → 1893 sl., orig. US 
► COLLEGE JOE a quintessential college student → 1961 US sl.
► CRAB an unsociable student or teacher → 1934 students’ sl. (Bk.)
► CRAMMEE a student who is ‘crammed’ for an examination, etc. → 1883
► CRAMMER a person who ‘crams’ pupils for an examination, etc.; a student who crams a subject → 1814 colloq.
► CRAMMIST a student who crams a subject for examination → 1862
► CUP CAKE a freshman → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► D.A.R. an academically successful student (Damned Average Raiser and Daughters of the American Revolution) → 1930s US students’ usage
► DAY-BUG a day-boy → L19 schoolboys’ sl. 
► DIG a diligent student → 1851 Amer. dial.
► DIGGER a diligent or hard-working person; a serious student → 1901 Amer. dial.
► DORMIE a student living in a dormitory; a person with whom you share a dormitory room → 1966 US sl.
► DRAG an inferior student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► DROOLIE SCHOOLIE a student who studies hard → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► DRUDGE-DUD a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► DRY HOLE a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► DRYBALL a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► DUD a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► DUX a leader, a chief; the head pupil in a class or division in a school → 1832
► DWEEB an earnest student → 2006 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► EAR BANGER a student who is nice to the teacher in hopes of getting a better grade → 1957 Amer. dial.
► EARTH DADDY an older than average students’ male who professes the values of the 1960s → 1980s US students’ sl.
► EARTH MUFFIN an older than average students’ male; used pejoratively to indicate one who pursues a hippie lifestyle → 1980s US students’ sl. 
► EDUCAND one who is to be educated; a pupil or student → 1920
► ELEMENTARIAN one who has not advanced beyond the rudiments of his studies → 1876
► ELI a student at Yale → 1879 US students’ sl.
► EYE BURNER a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► FACULTY-MAN a student who informs the faculty of the doings of the other students, hoping thus to gain favour ► 19C Amer. students’ usage 
► FAG an over-diligent student → 1856 Amer. sl.
► FARMER an ill-mannered student with poor, unpolished manners → 1963 Amer. university sl.
► FILEBONER an ambitious student → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► FLUNK a student who has failed → M19 US students’
► FLUNKEE a student who fails → 19C US students’ sl.
► FLUNKER a student who fails → L19 Amer. students’ sl.
► FOX a freshman → 1839 US students’
► FRESH a freshman → 1827 US students’ sl.
► FRESHIE a freshman → 1847 US students’ sl.
► FROG a freshman; hence, a prospective member of a Greek-letter fraternity → 1942 US students’ sl.
► FROSH a students’ freshman or a member of a freshman sports team → 1915 Amer. sl.
► FUZZY a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority → 1963 US students’ sl.
► GAMMA DELTA IOTA a students’ student who is not a fraternity or sorority member; a notional fraternity or sorority comprised of students who don’t belong to fraternities or sororities → 2000 US sl.
► GANYMEDE a freshman, or man in his second or even third year, of an effeminate tendency → 1909 university sl. (Bk.)
► GATOR a typical fraternity boy, because of the alligator emblem on the once popular Izod shirts → 1996 US students’ sl.
► G.D.I. a student who is not a member of a fraternity or sorority (God-Damned Independent) → 1964 US students’ sl.
► GEARHEAD an engineering student; someone mechanically minded; hence, a motor vehicle enthusiast → 1975 colloq., orig. US college
► GEED a G.D.I.; a student who is not a member of a fraternity or sorority (God-Damned Independent) → 1964 US students’ sl.
► GEEK an overly diligent, unsociable student; any unsociable person obsessively devoted to a particular pursuit; one who is considered intellectual, and thus alien to the peer group → 1957
► GEEK-O-ZOID a student whose devotion to study excludes all other interests or society; hence an unpopular student, someone who is considered too studious; a person obsessed with computers → 2002 UK sl.
► GEKE an earnest student; a hardworking student → 1980 Amer. sl.
► GENI-ASS a smart and diligent student → 1968 US sl.
► GHOUL a person who studies to excess and haunts the library → 2006 Amer. students’ & university sl. (Bk.)
► GINNY a glamorous co-ed → 1975 Amer. students’ sl.  (Bk.)
► GOAT ROPER an agriculture student → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► GOOD FELLOW a student who puts pleasure before study → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GOOD-TIME CHARLIE a student who puts pleasure before study → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GOOD-TIMER a student who puts pleasure before study → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GRADE GRABBER a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GRADE-GRUBBER 1. a student who flatters the teacher in hopes of a higher grade → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
2. an earnest, hard-working student → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GRADE-HOUND a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GREASY GRIND a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GREEN GRAPES high school students → 1968 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GREENY a greenhorn; a freshman at a university → 1834
► GRILL RAT a student who spends most of his time i nthe student union grill → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GRIND a hard-working pupil → a1889 US students’ sl. 
► GRINDER a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GRINDSTONE a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GROISE ► GROIZE a hard-working pupil → 1913 Brit. public schools’ sl.
► GROISER ► GROIZER a hard-working pupil → 1936 Brit. public schools’ sl.
► GRUB an excessively diligent student → 1847 Amer. student sl.
► GRUBBER an overly diligent student → 1881 Amer. sl.
► GRUBBY a student who is not interested in school work, or dumb, one who is a nobody to other students → 1942 Amer. student sl.
► GRUNT an excessively diligent student, usually unsociable → a1986 Amer. sl.
► GUNN an especially good student → 1969 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GUNNER a student who aggressively courts attention in class; earlier, a sexually aggressive student; one who takes competition to an aggressive level → 1994 Amer. students’ sl.
► GUT GUNNER a student who succeeds in an easy course → 1910s US students’ sl.
► GUT HOPPER a student who moves from one easy course to another → 1955 US sl.
► GWEEB a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student → 1984 Amer. students’ sl.
► GWEEBO a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student → 1986 Amer. students’ sl.
► GWEEP a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student → 1982 Amer. students’ sl.
► HALF PINT an inferior student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► HARRY HIGH SCHOOL a high school student who does not intent to go to college → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► HELIUM HANDS a student who frequently volunteers in class → 1990s US sl.
► HIGH LOW-BROW a student who puts pleasure before study → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► HOLDOVER a student who takes a course a second time → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► IBM a smart, diligent student → 1960 US sl.
► IKEY a student of the University of Cape Town, esp. a member of one of the University’s sports teams → 1921 S. Afr. sl. 
► JOCK a devoted student in any subject, as ‘math-jock’ → 1969 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► JOCK GIRL a girl who spends a considerable time on her appearance, and is dated by the campus athletes → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► JOE STUDENTS’ a students’ boy, esp. one devoted to amusement → 1932 colloq.
► JONATHAN SIMONIZER a favoured student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► K-BOY an agriculture student → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► KEENER a school pupil who is enthusiastic about school work → 1984 UK sl. 
► KEEPIE-IN a pupil who is detained as a punishment after school hours → 1875 Sc.
► LAB a chemistry student → 1866 Amer. students’ sl. 
► LIZARD a law student at UNC → 1973 Amer. students’ sl.
► LOLLEO a popular co-ed → 1934 students’ sl. (Bk.)
► LONG EAR a sober, religious student → M19 US students’ sl.
► LUCUBRATIST a nocturnal student; one who produces lucubrations → 1759 obs.
► LUCUBRATOR a nocturnal student; one who produces lucubrations → 1775
► MAN in university and public schools: an undergraduate or student, as contrasted with a graduate or a don → 1803 UK
► MINNIE a good student → 1964 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► MODEL D a Black student who attends, or attended, a government school in a township → 2005 S. Afr. sl.
► MONGEE a good student who is socially inept → 1961 US school usage
► MONITOR a school pupil or students’ student (esp. US) assigned disciplinary or other responsibilities; formerly in some cases including teaching of junior pupils → 1530
► MONITRESS a female school pupil assigned disciplinary or other special responsibilities; a female monitor → 1795
► MOTHBALL an insignificant or foolish person; an obnoxious or aggravating person; a teenage jerk; an irritating person; an over-diligent student → 1944 US sl.
► MOTO someone who is motivated and doing well in school → 2006 Amer. teen & high school sl. (Bk.)
► MUCKER a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► MUCKWORM a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► MUGGER a diligent student → 1883 school sl.
► MUGSTER a diligent or hard-working student → 1888 school sl., obs.
► NAILER a clever student → 1902 sl. (Bk.)
► NAVA-JOE a Navaho student → 1963 Amer. Indian student sl.
► NEGO a student with a negative or objectionable attitude → 1965 US students’ sl.
► NEW MEAT a freshman → 2003 US students’ sl.
► NEWIE ► NEWY a new student, a newcomer → 1834 US students’ sl.
► NUT an unpopular student → 1902 US students’ sl.
► OCHASING MACHINE a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► OLD HEAD a returning student to a school → 1963 US sl.
► OPPIDAN a ‘townsman’ as opposed to a ‘gownsman’ or member of a university; also, a student not resident in a students’ → c1645 obs.
► PAPER LEG a favoured student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► PAUPER a school pupil who received free education in return for various cleaning and supervisory duties about the school → 1801 Sc. obs.
► PEPSI SET high school students; anyone overly concerned with car, records, and fads → 1967 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► PHI-BETA a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► PIE a typical college girl with a bouffant hairdo, and too much makeup → 1967 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► PIPELAYER a student who selects easy courses → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► P.L. a favoured student (Paper Leg) → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► PLEDGE a student who has pledged to join a fraternity or sorority → 1901 US sl.
► PLUG a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► PLUGGER a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► PLUMBER a student who selects easy courses → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► POLER a very diligent student → M19 US students’ sl.
► POLYTECHNICIAN a student of a French polytechnic school → 1871
► PRIMARIAN a pupil in a primary school; a member of a junior class in a school → 1858 US
► PUP a schoolchild or student, a pupil → 1871 university sl.
► PUPILESS a female pupil → 1785 obs.
► QUAIL a girl student → 1859 Amer.
► QUIRK a pupil →  World War I aviators’ sl.
► QUISLING a teacher’s pet → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► RABBIT a person of no account, esp. a timid one; a novice; in school: a freshman → 1989 sl. (Bk.)
► RADICAL a student in Radcliffe Students’ for women → 1914 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► RAH-MATERIAL a freshman → 1910s sl., chiefly US
► RAH-RAH BOY an over-excited student → 1910s sl., chiefly US
► RAH-RAH GIRL an over-excited female student → 1910s sl., chiefly US
► RAT a student, esp. a new student or freshman; a new cadet; a cadet in his or her first year at the Virginia Military Institute → 1850 US sl.
► RED-APPLER a favoured student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► REPEATER a student who takes a course a second time → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► ROUGH a freshman → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► SAGE-HEN a woman student at Sage College, the dormitory for women, so named in honour of the donor, Henry W. Sage → Bk1914 Amer. dial.
► SAGE-ROOSTER a student who is assiduous in calling at Sage Students’ → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SAINT a notably religious student → 1803 US students’ sl.
► SAP one who studies hard or is absorbed in books; a diligent student → 1798 school sl.
► SATELLITE a fag; a junior student who does minor chores for a senior pupil → 1933 university sl. (Bk.)
► SCHOLAR a school pupil → 1718 Sc.
► SCHOLARD ► SCHOLLARD ► SCOLLARD a scholar, student → 1815 Amer. dial.
► SCOB a sophisticated high school student → 1968 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SCRUB an inferior student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SHARK a highly intelligent or able student → 1895 US students’ sl.
► SIMONIZER a favoured student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SISSY KISSER a favoured student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SMUG a diligent student → 1882 university sl.
► SNAP HUNTER a student who selects easy courses → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SNAP SEEKER a student who selects easy courses → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SOFTY a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SOPHISTER a third-year or fourth-year college student → 1646 US
► SPADET a student who is preoccupied with studies → 1981 US students’ sl.
► SQUIRT 1. a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
2. a student who fails → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► STEW a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► STOMP a student who wears jeans, a cowboy hat, boots, and a wide leather belt → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► STRAP a student interested mainly in sports → 1970 US students’ sl.
► STUDE a student → 1907 colloq.
► STUDYING FOOL a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SUNSHINE GIRL a very studious coed → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SWAT a hard-working pupil → 1850 Brit. sl., derogatory
► SWEAT HOG a difficult and incompetent high school or college student → 1970 US students’ sl.
► SWOT a hard-working pupil → 1850 Brit. sl., derogatory
► TASSEL one who wears a cap with a tassel; an undergraduate → 1828 university sl. obs.
► TEACHER’S PET a favoured student → 1914
► TEENY-BEAT a college student who wants to give the impression of being cool → 1966 US sl. (Bk.)
► THROAT a very intense and competitive student, esp. a premedical student → 1970 US students’ sl.
► TOOL a diligent, overstudious student → 1975 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► TOOLIE an engineering student → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► TUFT-HUNTER an undergraduate who pursues the acquaintance of rich or titled students → M18 sl.
► TURNBACK one who has to go back to a lower class → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► TUTEE a pupil of a private tutor → 1927 orig. US
► TWEED a student who dresses well → 1967 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► UNDERGRADUETTE a female undergraduate → 1958 sl.  (Bk.)
► UNIT MACHINE a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► URCHIN a high school student → 1964 US students’ sl.
► VACATIONER a part-time student → 1904
► VARSITY-TIT a student of Durham University, England: in contempt → 1904 university sl. (Bk.)
► VEGETABLES science or engineering students → 20C students’ sl.
► VENUS IN BLUE JEANS a congenial high-school student → 1972 homosexual sl.  (Bk.)
► WEEN a hard-working student → 1950s US students’ sl.
► WEENIE ► WEENY a hard-working student → 1950s US students’ sl.
► WHITE BUCK a typical Ivy League student → 1980 US sl.
► WHITE SHOE a typical Ivy League student → 1980 US sl.
► WIENER a hard-working student → 1950s US students’ sl.
► WIENIE a student who is despised for being diligent → 1989 (Bk.)
► WIZ a brilliant student → 1934 students’ sl. (Bk.)
► WONK a student who studies harder than contemporaries consider necessary → 1962 US sl.
► WORM a bookworm, an ardent student or reader → M20 sl.
► W.T. the poor, working class or underclass pupils (White Trash) → 2000s UK juvenile sl., derogatory
► YALIE a student or graduate of Yale → 1969 US colloq.
► YEARLING a first-year students’ or university student → 1908 US colloq.
► YELLOW-BEAK at some Scottish universities: a first-year student → 1865 Sc. obs.
► YELLOW-NEB at some Scottish universities: a first-year student → 1879 Sc. obs.
► YOLTY a nickname for a first-year student at Aberdeen University → 1833 Sc.
► YOUNG LADY a pupil at a girls’ boarding school → 1739 chiefly arch.
► YOUNGLING a young or new scholar or student; a disciple; a beginner or novice; one who is unpractised or inexperienced → a1175 obs.
► YOUNGSTER a third classman → 1914 students’ sl. (Bk.)
► ZELDA a high school girl who is a socially inept outcast → 1961 US sl.
► ZOID a schoolchild who has been rejected by his or her peers → 1986 sl. 

NOUNS – PERSON – OTHER
► PUPIL-MONGER a person whose business it is to teach pupils or students; a tutor at Cambridge University → 1661
► STUDENTS’ WIDOW a town girl who flirts with the students → 1934 students’ sl. (Bk.)
► WALLET a students’ student’s father and financial source → 1995 Amer. sl. (Bk.)