Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun public_school

2 senses of public school

Sense 1
public school -- (a tuition free school in the United States supported by taxes and controlled by a school board)
       => school -- (an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900")

Sense 2
public school -- (private independent secondary school in Great Britain supported by endowment and tuition)
       => secondary school, lyceum, lycee, Gymnasium, middle school -- (a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12)