high schooler
Typical sixteen-year-old
A high schooler is a student attending high school, typically ages 14–18 in the United States.
The term is casual and common in American English: The park was full of high schoolers after the final bell.
British English prefers "secondary school student" or similar constructions.
First-year student
peer · teenager · student · youth · underclassman · upperclassman · mascot · alumni
Student assignments for outside class
- GPACumulative academic score
- SATCollege admissions exam
- ACTCollege readiness assessment
- electivesFreely chosen courses
transcript · diploma · graduation · curriculum · semester · finals · midterms · valedictorian
Exclusive social group
- popularityMass public favor
- promHigh school formal dance
- homecomingReturning to one's origin
- yearbookSchool memory publication
gossip · drama · crush · dating · bullying · party · hangout · rivalry
Sexual development stage
- hormonesBloodstream signaling molecules
- acneInflamed skin condition
- awkwardnessLack of grace or ease
- angstDeep unfocused worry
rebellion · independence · self-discovery · curfew · insecurity · crush · coming-of-age · maturation
freshman
First-year student
classmate · peer · teenager · student · youth · underclassman · upperclassman · mascot · alumni
homework
Student assignments for outside class
electives · transcript · diploma · graduation · curriculum · semester · finals · midterms · valedictorian · counselor
clique
Exclusive social group
- popularityMass public favor
- promHigh school formal dance
- homecomingReturning to one's origin
yearbook · gossip · drama · crush · dating · bullying · party · hangout · rivalry · squad
puberty
Sexual development stage
- hormonesBloodstream signaling molecules
- acneInflamed skin condition
- awkwardnessLack of grace or ease
angst · rebellion · independence · self-discovery · curfew · insecurity · crush · coming-of-age · maturation · experimentation
- studentsstudent, freshman, university students, sophomore, pupil
- Young adulthoodteenager, college student, graduate, twenty-something, adolescent
- childrenkids, toddler, baby, infant, youngster
- youthchild, adolescents, kid, coming-of-age, teenagers
- adolescencepuberty, teenager, coming-of-age, growing up, teen
- boysboy, lad, laddie, young boy, little boy
high schoolercollege student
university student · graduate student · preschooler · kindergartner · elementary schooler
high schooleradult
Mature person, legally responsible
senior citizen · retiree · infant · baby · toddler
high schoolerteacher
One who instructs others
principal · professor · school administrator · educator · faculty member
school, schooling, schooled, schoolgirl, schoolboy, preschool, schoolhouse, preschooler, schoolmate