collegiate

adjective

col·​le·​giate kə-ˈlē-jət 

-jē-ət

1

: of or relating to a collegiate church

a collegiate pastor

2

: of, relating to, or comprising a college

collegiate campuses

collegiate mascots

3

: collegial sense 2

4

: designed for or characteristic of college students

collegiate athletics

collegiate organizations

collegiate student housing

collegiately adverb

Examples of collegiate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As stated above, Richard and Weatherford feel that collegiate athletic departments should inflate their sport offerings as this could help create and increase revenue for their institutions. —Allison Smith, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025

Sanders began his collegiate career at South Carolina in 2019 and spent two years with the Gamecocks before transferring to Jackson State to play for his father, Deion Sanders, in 2021. —Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Aug. 2025

Rice, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound, 22-year-old guard from Henderson, North Carolina, has three years of collegiate eligibility remaining. —Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025

In the days of yore, creatine supplements were a muscle-bro staple, relegated to the lockers of collegiate linebackers and bodybuilders. —Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 13 Aug. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin collegiatus, from Latin collegium

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing collegiate

• collegiate church
• pre-collegiate
• sub-collegiate

Rhymes for collegiate

• intercollegiate

Kids Definition

collegiate

adjective

col·​le·​giate kə-ˈlē-jət 

-jē-ət

1

: of or relating to a college

2

: of, relating to, or characteristic of college students

collegiate sports