sophs
Ex-frosh, for short
Sophs is the plural of soph, an informal shortening of sophomore—a second-year student in high school or college: The sophs are running the bake sale this year.
The word is casual and typically used among students themselves rather than in official contexts.
Students in year two
- undergraduatesStudents seeking bachelor's degrees
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- classmatesStudents in same course
- freshmenNewly enrolled students
juniors · seniors · upperclassmen · underclassmen · collegians · dorm · campus · semester
Insolent jokers
- know-it-allsPeople claiming total knowledge
- smartassesObnoxiously clever people
- pseudo-intellectualsThose feigning deep knowledge
- showoffsThose who flaunt abilities
blowhards · pretentious · overconfident · immature · cocky · brash · inexperienced · greenhorns
sophomores
Students in year two
- undergraduatesStudents seeking bachelor's degrees
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- classmatesStudents in same course
freshmen · juniors · seniors · upperclassmen · underclassmen · collegians · dorm · campus · semester · coursework
wise-guys
Insolent jokers
- know-it-allsPeople claiming total knowledge
- smartassesObnoxiously clever people
- pseudo-intellectualsThose feigning deep knowledge
showoffs · blowhards · pretentious · overconfident · immature · cocky · brash · inexperienced · greenhorns · novices
sophsseniors
Oldest in a group
freshmen · frosh · freshers · upperclassmen · lowerclassmen
- sophomore yearStudent's tenth grade or second college term
- sophomore slumpPost-debut performance drop
- sophomore albumArtist's second LP
sophisticated, philosophy, sophomore, unsophisticated, sophistication, sophisticate, sophomoric, sophist, sophistical