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Classmate

One who is in the same class with another, as at school or college.

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Acquaintance 76% connected

A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of…

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Friend 76% connected

One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate ass…

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Schoolfellow 92% connected

One bred at the same school; an associate in school.

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Schoolmate 92% connected

A pupil who attends the same school as another.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Academy noun · 78% connection

An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a ra…

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Alumna n. fem. · 78% connection

A female pupil; especially, a graduate of a school or college.

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Bound adjective · 78% connection

headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in ‘college-bound students’; "children bound for…

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Campus noun · 78% connection

The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus.

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Class noun · 78% connection

A number of students in a school or college, of the same standing, or pursuing the same studies.

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Clinic noun · 78% connection

A school, or a session of a school or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by the examination and treatment of patients in th…

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College noun · 78% connection

A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter…

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Collegian noun · 78% connection

A member of a college, particularly of a literary institution so called; a student in a college.

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Condition noun · 78% connection

To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's cl…

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Dame noun · 78% connection

The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school.

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Destined adjective · 78% connection

headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in ‘college-bound students’; "children bound for…

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Dormitory noun · 78% connection

A sleeping room, or a building containing a series of sleeping rooms; a sleeping apartment capable of containing many beds; esp., one…

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Education noun · 78% connection

the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)

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Faculty noun · 78% connection

The body of person to whom are intrusted the government and instruction of a college or university, or of one of its departments; the…

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form noun · 78% connection

A long seat; a bench; hence, a rank of students in a school; a class; also, a class or rank in society.

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Foundationer noun · 78% connection

One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school.

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Genus noun · 78% connection

A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly di…

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Graduate noun · 78% connection

To admit or elevate to a certain grade or degree; esp., in a college or university, to admit, at the close of the course, to an honora…

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