straight-A student
Top-mark achiever consistently
A straight-A student earns the highest grades in all subjects—nothing but A's on the report card.
The phrase suggests academic excellence and consistent effort: She was a straight-A student all through high school.
Sometimes used with slight irony to suggest someone overly focused on grades or lacking real-world experience.
- honor rollAcademic achievement roster
- valedictorianTop-ranked graduating student
- honor societyStudent excellence recognition organization
- overachieverOne exceeding all expectations
- perfectionistOne demanding flawlessness
GPA · grade point average · dean's list · report card · bookworm · study habits · study group · cramming · flashcards · test prep · homework · tutoring · extra credit · nerd · class rank · transcripts · scholarships · college prep
- studentsfreshman, sophomore, pupil, junior, senior
- achieversachiever, high achiever, overachiever, go-getter, striver
- Overachieversgo-getter, overachiever, striver, perfectionist, valedictorian
- Prodigieschild prodigy, prodigy, wunderkind, whiz kid, boy wonder
- geniusesgenius, brainiac, prodigy, Einstein, intellect
straight-A studentunderachiever
One performing below capacity
dropout · remedial student · dunce · flunker · underperformer
straight-A studentslacker
Idle responsibility evader
underachiever · goof-off · truant · loafer · shirker
straight-A studenttroublemaker
One who creates discord
class clown · juvenile delinquent · burnout · delinquent · slacker
straight, straighter, straightest, straighten, straightened, straightening, straightness, straightaway, straightforward