All cadet synonyms
ca·det
C c noun cadet
- youth — the condition of being young.
- student — a person formally engaged in learning, especially one enrolled in a school or college; pupil: a student at Yale.
- recruit — a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
- junior — younger (designating the younger of two men bearing the same full name, as a son named after his father; often written as Jr. or jr. following the name): May I speak with the junior Mr. Hansen? Mr. Edward Andrew Hansen, Jr. Compare senior (def 1).
- plebe — Also, pleb. (at the U.S. Military and Naval academies) a member of the freshman class.
- midshipman — a student, as at the U.S. Naval Academy, in training for commission as ensign in the Navy or second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. Compare cadet (def 2).
- trainee — a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.