coed
1 of 2noun
co·ed ˈkō-(ˌ)ed 
somewhat old-fashioned
: a female student in a coeducational institution
coed
2 of 2adjective
1
: of or relating to a coed
2
: of or relating to coeducation
a coed college
3
: open to or used by both men and women
a coed softball team
Example Sentences
Adjective The college became coed this year. The softball team is coed.
Recent Examples on the Web
Staff Report, Daily Southtown, 3 July 2018 Six star Brianne Davis and husband Mark Gantt, who are expecting their first child together, were the guests of honor Saturday at a coed baby shower at a family friend’s home in Los Angeles. Anya Leon, PEOPLE.com, 8 Mar. 2018 Today's workplaces are more coed than ever, so why prepare for them at an all-girls school? Grant Segall, cleveland.com, 11 Jan. 2018 Princeton started admitting women as undergraduates in 1969, going coed 23 years after its bicentennial. Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2017
Adjective
Track and field New Lenox: Providence Catholic High School, 1800 W. Lincoln Hwy., will host a coed track and field camp, open to kids in grades four to nine, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. July 9 to 12. Staff Report, Daily Southtown, 3 July 2018 Six star Brianne Davis and husband Mark Gantt, who are expecting their first child together, were the guests of honor Saturday at a coed baby shower at a family friend’s home in Los Angeles. Anya Leon, PEOPLE.com, 8 Mar. 2018 Today's workplaces are more coed than ever, so why prepare for them at an all-girls school? Grant Segall, cleveland.com, 11 Jan. 2018 Princeton started admitting women as undergraduates in 1969, going coed 23 years after its bicentennial. Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2017 Word History
Etymology
Noun
short for coeducational student
First Known Use
Noun
circa 1878, in the meaning defined above
Adjective
1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1
coeds
noun
as in collegians
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- collegians
- undergraduates
- students
- postgraduates
- schoolgirls
- freshmen
- schoolboys
- pupils
- preppies
- readers
- scholars
- schoolchildren
- undergrads
- studiers
- sophomores
- juniors
- schoolmates
- upperclassmen
- day students
- middlers
- underclassmen
- schoolfellows
- kindergartners
- high schoolers
- kindergarteners
- middle schoolers
- seniors
- exchange students
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- nonstudents
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- overcrowding
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- overcrust
- overcultivated
- overcultivateed
- overcultivateing
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- overcultivating
- overcultivation
- overcultivations
- overcup oak
- overcure
- overcured
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- overcurious
- overcuriously