KINDERGARTNER Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

kindergartner

noun

variants also kindergartener

Definition of kindergartner

as in preschooler

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Recent Examples of kindergartner This year’s kindergartners will have their education bookended by the anniversaries of the Declaration of Independence and ratification of the Constitution. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 29 May 2026 While California boasts some of the nation’s highest vaccination rates, that varies significantly among kindergartners across the state, according to recent research by the Public Policy Institute of California. — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 13 May 2026 City Council Speaker Julie Menin’s historic proposal to invest $1,000 in every public school kindergartener’s college and career future, with $3,000 going to those with the highest economic needs, does just that. — Jennifer Jones Austin, New York Daily News, 22 June 2026 The emotional service and burial come after the Wellesley church held a vigil for the two young elementary school students — Kai was a second grader and Ella was a kindergartener, both at Schofield Elementary School — in April, according to NBC 10 Boston. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for kindergartner

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Noun

For a preschooler, the cost was $1,121 at a home and $1,271 at a center.

— Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Community cohesion Kolya, a preschooler, is just learning how to plant with the advice of the school’s gardeners.

— Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2026

Definition of preschooler

Noun

Would that every schoolchild could stand on the grassy knoll for a quiet minute, pondering the imponderables.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
Provincial transport department official Siboniso Duma said in a statement that 11 people, including a schoolchild, died at the scene, although that was according to preliminary information.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026

Definition of schoolchild

Noun

For an ordinary schoolkid on a baseball diamond, having aretê might amount to paying attention, being a team player, and trying hard.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 22 May 2026
At the center of the doc is the engaging Clint Patterson, who was a schoolkid when his father, a former rodeo rider, spearheaded the making of the Bigfoot film and its promotion.

— Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026

Definition of schoolkid

Noun

As Prime Minister, Howard—a lifelong conservative who has lived abroad once, campaigning for the Tories in London—was known for having an almost schoolboy zeal for the job.

— Oscar Schwartz, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
During The Huns’ audition at the Cellar, Nugent was standing next to club owner/promoter Paul Sampson, who was skeptical of the group’s Catholic schoolboy looks — braces, short haircuts and all.

— Chris Placek, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026

Definition of schoolboy

Noun

Among the various aspects of the movie that its English title refers to, not least is the unhinged rampage Lina unleashes at a couple of schoolgirls, a gringa loca on the razor’s edge.

— Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
Sonja Shaw was a mom of two schoolgirls thrown into politics in 2020 by the COVID school lockdowns.

— John Seiler, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2026

Definition of schoolgirl

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