Sophomore

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: soph=o=more

CIDE DICTIONARY

Sophomore, n. [Probably fr. soph or sophister + Gr. foolish. The word was probably introduced into the United States at an early date, from the University of Cambridge, England. Among the cant terms at that university, as given in the Gradus ad Cantabrigiam, we find Soph-Mor as “the next distinctive appellation to Freshman,” but the term has now almost ceased to be known at the English university from whence it came.].

 One belonging to the second of the four classes in an American college, or one next above a freshman.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Sophomore, n. US a second-year university or high-school student.

Derivative

sophomoric adj.

Etymology

earlier sophumer f. sophum, obs. var. of SOPHISM

ROGET THESAURUS

Sophomore

Learner

N learner, scholar, student, pupil, apprentice, prentice, journeyman, articled clerk, beginner, tyro, amateur, rank amateur, abecedarian, alphabetarian, alumnus, eleve, recruit, raw recruit, novice, neophyte, inceptor, catechumen, probationer, seminarian, chela, fellow-commoner, debutant, intern, resident, schoolboy, fresh, freshman, frosh, junior soph, junior, senior soph, senior, sophister, sophomore, questionist, undergraduate, graduate student, law student, medical student, pre-med, post-doctoral student, post-doc, matriculated student, part-time student, night student, auditor, class, grade, seminar, form, remove, pupilage, disciple, follower, apostle, proselyte, fellow-student, condisciple, school, in statu pupillari, in leading strings, practise makes perfect.