Synonyms of graduate

graduate

adjective

as in postgraduate

of or relating to schooling done after earning a bachelor's degree

The team is conducting graduate research on the effects of climate change.

She plans to begin graduate school in the fall.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• postgraduate
• collegiate
• educative
• educational
• scholarly
• pedagogic
• pedagogical
• professorial
• bookish
• nerdy
• curricular
• academic
• geeky
• donnish
• tweedy
• pedantic
• instructive
• nerdish
• scholastic
• intellectual

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonacademic
• noneducational
• extracurricular
• noncollegiate
• unscholarly
• cocurricular
• unacademic

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of graduate

Undergraduate classes were canceled on Thursday and Friday of last week, while graduate courses shifted to an online format. —Anna Esaki-Smith, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025

The transfer portal remains open for graduate students and for players on teams still in the Playoff. —Manny Navarro, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025

Packers coach Matt LaFleur and Saleh are friends, having first worked together as graduate assistants at Central Michigan University in 2004. —Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2025

Its more than 53,000 undergraduate and graduate students represent 54 U.S. states and territories and more than 143 countries. —April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 31 Oct. 2024