schoolboy

1 of 2

noun

school·​boy ˈskül-ˌbȯi 

: a boy attending school

schoolboy

2 of 2

adjective

1

: of, relating to, or characteristic of a schoolboy

schoolboy pranks

2

: of, relating to, or being a sport for high school or prep school boys

also : being one who participates in such sports

Examples of schoolboy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Shaheed Aitzaz Hassan Bangash, a fifteen-year-old Pakistani schoolboy, stopped a suicide bomber from entering his school, where the bomber would have killed two thousand students. —Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026

Before boarding the bus, schoolboy Harrison Higgins, who bangs the drum, literally, for Darlo, optimistically predicts a 2-1 away win. —Michael Walker, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026

Here, a routine school commute takes a harrowing turn when a cable car wire snaps, with eight passengers, including six schoolboys, left suspended 900 feet above the ravine. —Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2026

Its first major foray into the oeuvre was Netflix’s 2022 adaptation of Alice Oseman’s popular 2016 webcomic Heartstopper, about two British schoolboys who fall in love. —Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 22 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1588, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for schoolboy

• ahoy
• alloy
• annoy
• carboy
• convoy
• cowboy
• decoy
• deploy
• destroy
• employ
• employe
• enjoy

Kids Definition

schoolboy

noun

school·​boy

-ˌbȯi

: a boy attending school