Specialist dictionary

Schools and education systems

Schools, colleges, educational institutions, governance and education systems.

Core vocabulary

37 featured terms

The database can contain more terms than shown here; this page prioritises the strongest mappings.

Academynoun

a school for special training

Assimilatornoun

someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

Classroomnoun

a room in a school where lessons take place

Collegenoun

an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university

Establishmentnoun

an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

Headnoun

the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"

Head teachernoun

the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"

Institutionnoun

an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

Learnernoun

someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

Principalnoun

the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"

Pupilnoun

a young person attending school (up through senior high school)

Scholarnoun

someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

Schoolnoun

an educational institution's faculty and students; "the school keeps parents informed"; "the whole school turned out for the game"

School principalnoun

the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"

School-age childnoun

a young person attending school (up through senior high school)

Schoolchildnoun

a young person attending school (up through senior high school)

Schoolroomnoun

a room in a school where lessons take place

Studentnoun

someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

Teachernoun

a personified abstraction that teaches; "books were his teachers"; "experience is a demanding teacher"

Universitynoun

establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and tea…

Academynoun

an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature

Boardernoun

a pupil who lives at school during term time

Chancellornoun

the honorary or titular head of a university

Charitynoun

an institution set up to provide help to the needy

Companynoun

an institution created to conduct business; "he only invests in large well-established companies"; "he started the company in his garage"

Faithnoun

an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him"

Grindnoun

an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

Issuernoun

an institution that issues something (securities or publications or currency etc.)

Masternoun

presiding officer of a school

Organized religionnoun

an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him"

Religionnoun

an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him"

Schoolboynoun

a boy attending school

Schoolgirlnoun

a girl attending school

Schoolmasternoun

presiding officer of a school

Spongenoun

someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily; "she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge"

Vicariatenoun

the religious institution under the authority of a vicar

Vicarshipnoun

the religious institution under the authority of a vicar