Schoolboy
noun
A boy who is attending school or who is of an age to be attending school.
The schoolboy was excited to start the new academic year.
Often appears as...
- schoolboy error
- schoolboy enthusiasm
adjective
Characterized by or seen as typical of boys at school, often used to describe a mistake which is seen as very basic or immature.
He made a schoolboy error during the final match.
Often appears as...
- schoolboy error
- schoolboy manner
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Disapproving
noun
A boy who is attending school or who is of an age to be attending school.
The schoolboy was excited to start the new academic year.
Often appears as...
- schoolboy error
- schoolboy enthusiasm
adjective
Characterized by or seen as typical of boys at school, often used to describe a mistake which is seen as very basic or immature.
He made a schoolboy error during the final match.
Often appears as...
- schoolboy error
- schoolboy manner
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Age Specific
The word 'schoolboy' refers to boys of a certain age, typically under 18.
After turning 18, he was no longer a schoolboy.
Pro Tip 2/3Currently Enrolled
'Schoolboy' implies that the boy is currently attending school.
The schoolboy lost his textbooks on the way home.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Adults
Avoid using 'schoolboy' when referring to adult learners or education environments.
My uncle is taking a class, but he's not a schoolboy.
Pro Tip 1/3Age Specific
The word 'schoolboy' refers to boys of a certain age, typically under 18.
After turning 18, he was no longer a schoolboy.
Pro Tip 2/3Currently Enrolled
'Schoolboy' implies that the boy is currently attending school.
The schoolboy lost his textbooks on the way home.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Adults
Avoid using 'schoolboy' when referring to adult learners or education environments.
My uncle is taking a class, but he's not a schoolboy.
Pro Tip 1/3Age Specific
The word 'schoolboy' refers to boys of a certain age, typically under 18.
After turning 18, he was no longer a schoolboy.
Pro Tip 2/3Currently Enrolled
'Schoolboy' implies that the boy is currently attending school.
The schoolboy lost his textbooks on the way home.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Adults
Avoid using 'schoolboy' when referring to adult learners or education environments.
My uncle is taking a class, but he's not a schoolboy.
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Tracy Chevalier: Finding...
I first wore it at an elaborate dinner her parents held in our honor. I knew even before I stood up to speak that my cheeks were inflamed. I have always flushed easily, from physical exertion, from wine, from high emotion. As a boy, I was teased by my sisters and by schoolboys,
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Golding transforms his angelic British schoolboys into savage caricatures. And as the boys fight their own battle on the island, the far more destructive war that brought them there continues off the page.
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ME Finalist PIPE National...
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Tracy Chevalier: Finding...
I first wore it at an elaborate dinner her parents held in our honor. I knew even before I stood up to speak that my cheeks were inflamed. I have always flushed easily, from physical exertion, from wine, from high emotion. As a boy, I was teased by my sisters and by schoolboys,
Video examples
Why should you read...
Golding transforms his angelic British schoolboys into savage caricatures. And as the boys fight their own battle on the island, the far more destructive war that brought them there continues off the page.
Video examples
ME Finalist PIPE National...
down awesome characters hagiography buffs do you guys know what was the first map town in the u.s. it was York Maine and if I was a schoolboy in the
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Quote examples
John Montgomery Ward
American Athlete
Baseball cannot be learned as a trade. It begins with the sport of the schoolboy, and though it may end in the professional, I am sure there is not a single one of these who learned the game with the expectation of making it a business. There have been years in the life of each during which he must have ate and drank and dreamed baseball.
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Steve Backshall
I think most schoolboys are most excited by scorpions, spiders and snakes, and I never really grew up. I've always had the same fascinations. I think that we as human beings are the most fascinated by those creatures that we consider dangerous.
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James Newton Howard
American Composer
I hate bad reviews, so yeah, every now and then I think, 'Boy I hope everybody really likes this and thinks this theme is good.' You can't help but do that. I think we all are, or at least I am, reduced to a schoolboy seeking approval.
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Prunella Scales
English Actress
It's strange how 'Fawlty' has become a perennial. I keep meeting new generations of schoolboys who know the lines better than I did when I said them. The program has sensational sales in video. I'm mercifully on a small percentage.
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Seamus Heaney
Irish Poet
Since I was a schoolboy, I've been used to being recognized on the road by old and young, and being bantered with and, indeed, being taunted.
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Ernest Renan
French Philosopher
The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.
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Gore Vidal
American Novelist
As a schoolboy, I read most of Carl Sandburg's six-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln.
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James Haskell
English Athlete
As a schoolboy I can recall playing three games a week and not even feeling it.
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Hussein of Jordan
Jordanian Royalty
At seventeen, I knew the end of a dream... I would never be a schoolboy again.
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Gwilym Lee
Welsh Actor
I was an annoying schoolboy, always getting into scraps.
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John Montgomery Ward
American Athlete
Baseball cannot be learned as a trade. It begins with the sport of the schoolboy, and though it may end in the professional, I am sure there is not a single one of these who learned the game with the expectation of making it a business. There have been years in the life of each during which he must have ate and drank and dreamed baseball.
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Steve Backshall
I think most schoolboys are most excited by scorpions, spiders and snakes, and I never really grew up. I've always had the same fascinations. I think that we as human beings are the most fascinated by those creatures that we consider dangerous.
Quote examples
James Newton Howard
American Composer
I hate bad reviews, so yeah, every now and then I think, 'Boy I hope everybody really likes this and thinks this theme is good.' You can't help but do that. I think we all are, or at least I am, reduced to a schoolboy seeking approval.
Quote examples
Prunella Scales
English Actress
It's strange how 'Fawlty' has become a perennial. I keep meeting new generations of schoolboys who know the lines better than I did when I said them. The program has sensational sales in video. I'm mercifully on a small percentage.
Quote examples
Seamus Heaney
Irish Poet
Since I was a schoolboy, I've been used to being recognized on the road by old and young, and being bantered with and, indeed, being taunted.
Quote examples
Ernest Renan
French Philosopher
The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.
Quote examples
Gore Vidal
American Novelist
As a schoolboy, I read most of Carl Sandburg's six-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln.
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James Haskell
English Athlete
As a schoolboy I can recall playing three games a week and not even feeling it.
Quote examples
Hussein of Jordan
Jordanian Royalty
At seventeen, I knew the end of a dream... I would never be a schoolboy again.
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Gwilym Lee
Welsh Actor
I was an annoying schoolboy, always getting into scraps.
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