Tom is a high school dropout.
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Dropout
Synonyms for "dropout" (22 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (11)
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More general
2 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
32 translations across 9 languages.
Dutch
3 entries- pad noun (slot in a bicycle frame to hold the axle of a wheel)
- pat noun (slot in a bicycle frame to hold the axle of a wheel)
- uitvaleinde noun (slot in a bicycle frame to hold the axle of a wheel)
Finnish
4 entries- keskeyttäjä noun (one who leaves without completing)
- koulupudokas noun (one who leaves without completing)
- pudokas noun (one who leaves without completing)
- pudokas noun (someone who has opted out of conventional society)
German
4 entries- Abbrecher noun (one who leaves without completing)
- Abbrecherin noun (one who leaves without completing)
- Aussteiger noun (someone who has opted out of conventional society)
- Aussteigerin noun (someone who has opted out of conventional society)
Hungarian
3 entries- kibukó noun (one who leaves without completing)
- kimaradó noun (one who leaves without completing)
- lemorzsolódó noun (one who leaves without completing)
Italian
4 entries- abbandono noun (one who leaves without completing)
- emarginato noun (one who leaves without completing)
- escluso noun (one who leaves without completing)
- rinunciatario noun (one who leaves without completing)
Japanese
3 entries- 中退者 noun (one who leaves without completing)
- 落ち零れ noun (someone who has opted out of conventional society)
- 負け組 noun (someone who has opted out of conventional society)
Māori
1 entries- kaiwhakamakere noun (one who leaves without completing)
Spanish
1 entries- estudiante de carrera trunca noun (one who leaves without completing)
Swedish
1 entries- avhoppare noun (one who leaves without completing)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Even though he was a school dropout, Tom was later very successful in life.
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Sami is a high-school dropout without a real job.
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Tom is a college dropout.
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