Dropout

7 lettersnouncommon

Updated June 2026

Definition

A person who leaves school, college, or a course before completing it.

“Despite being a school dropout, he went on to found one of the most successful tech companies of the decade.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

drop·out

Related Words

Synonyms

school-leaverquittertruant

Antonyms

graduatecompleter

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Contains no repeated letters, the -OUT ending is a strong common cluster for Wordle end-position guesses

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Scrabble

Worth 10 points, the compound structure of DROP and OUT makes scoring potential easy to see

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Shorter words formed from the letters in “dropout”.

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