schooldays

2.1

The time in your life when you go to school that you often remember later

noun
/ˈskuːlˌdeɪz/

: años escolares

During my schooldays, I made lifelong friends.

Examples

I often think about my schooldays with fondness.
Many people say their happiest memories come from their schooldays.
During my schooldays, I used to play football every afternoon.
He often reminisces about his schooldays and childhood friends.
Many people say their happiest memories come from their schooldays.
He often reminisces about his schooldays and childhood friends.
During my schooldays, I used to play football every afternoon.

Synonyms

schooltime

vsschooldays

1.4

The years when someone goes to school

remembers that time later with personal reflection

Antonyms

adulthood

61 3.1

The time in life when a person is fully grown and has more responsibilities

professional life

32 2.8

The time a person spends working in a job or career

Surface Forms

schooldays singular

schooldays plural

Morphology

schooldays = schoolday (transparent) = school + day + s

Formed by compounding 'school' + 'day' and then pluralized; the meaning ('days spent at school' / period of attending school) is directly derived and obvious to learners.

Etymology

The word schooldays comes from the parts school and days. School comes from an old Greek word scholē meaning 'free time' because people used their free time to learn, so schooldays are the days you spent at school and often the time you remember later.