teacher's pet

noun

A student who is perceived to be favored by the teacher.

“As an intelligent and conscientious student, he was often labelled as the teacher's pet in school.”

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Meanings

nounteacher's pet (plural teacher's pets or teachers' pets)

plural teacher's pets · plural teachers' pets

  1. idiomaticA student who is perceived to be favored by the teacher.

    As an intelligent and conscientious student, he was often labelled as the teacher's pet in school.

    2 more examples

    Her friends are so jealous / You know how bad girls get / Sometimes it's not so easy / To be the teacher's pet.

    1980, “Don't Stand So Close to Me”, Sting (lyrics), performed by The Police

    In fact, she said, he [Tyler Robinson] had the personality of a teacher’s pet, always on time, respectful, hardworking, and smart.

    2025 September 12, “Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect, Went From Scholarship Winner to Wanted Man”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
blue-eyed boyfair-haired boysuck-up

Translations

Afrikaans witbroodjie
  • witbroodjiestudent perceived to be favored by the teacher
Chinese Mandarin 老師的走狗 /老师的走狗
  • 老師的走狗 /老师的走狗 (lǎoshī de zǒugǒu)student perceived to be favored by the teacher
Danish yndligselev
  • yndligselevstudent perceived to be favored by the teacher
Estonian õpetaja lemmik
  • õpetaja lemmikstudent perceived to be favored by the teacher
Finnish opettajan lellikki
  • opettajan lellikkistudent perceived to be favored by the teacher
French chouchou
  • chouchoustudent perceived to be favored by the teacher
German Lehrers Liebling
  • Lehrers Lieblingstudent perceived to be favored by the teacher
Icelandic kennarasleikja
  • kennarasleikjastudent perceived to be favored by the teacher
Italian cocco della maestra, cocco
  • cocco della maestrastudent perceived to be favored by the teacher
  • coccostudent perceived to be favored by the teacher
  • beniaminostudent perceived to be favored by the teacher
  • predilettostudent perceived to be favored by the teacher
  • favoritostudent perceived to be favored by the teacher
Japanese 先生のひいき
  • 先生のひいき (sensei no hiiki)student perceived to be favored by the teacher
Polish pupil
  • pupilstudent perceived to be favored by the teacher
Russian люби́мчик, учи́тельский люби́мчик
  • люби́мчик (ljubímčik)student perceived to be favored by the teacher
  • учи́тельский люби́мчик (učítelʹskij ljubímčik)student perceived to be favored by the teacher
Swedish fjäskare, lärarens favorit
  • fjäskarestudent perceived to be favored by the teacher
  • lärarens favoritstudent perceived to be favored by the teacher
Thai ศิษย์โปรด, ศิษย์รัก
  • ศิษย์โปรดstudent perceived to be favored by the teacher
  • ศิษย์รักstudent perceived to be favored by the teacher
Turkish öğretmenin gözdesi
  • öğretmenin gözdesistudent perceived to be favored by the teacher
Cite this entry
APA

teacher's pet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teacher's%20pet

MLA

“teacher's pet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teacher's%20pet. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teacher's pet,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teacher's%20pet.

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