Synonyms of the word

catechumen

• n. A convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism; a young Christian preparing for confirmation.

educatee

• n. Someone who is being educated.

neophyte

• n. A beginner; a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief.
• n. A novice (recent convert), a new convert or proselyte, a new monk.
• n. (Christianity) A name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to those…
• n. (biology) A plant species recently introduced to an area (in contrast to archaeophyte, a long-established…

pupil

• n. (law, obsolete) An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.
• n. A learner under the supervision of a teacher or professor.
• n. (anatomy) The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the…

student

• n. A person who studies or learns about a particular academic subject.
• n. (figuratively) A person seriously devoted to some subject, whether academic or not.
• n. A person enrolled at a university.
• n. (chiefly Canada, US) A schoolchild.