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

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of graduate

The couple, now U.S. citizens, were born in Turkey, met in Ankara and were graduate students together at the University of Nevada at Reno. —Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024

Both of Kamala’s parents immigrated to the United States, meeting as graduate students at the University of California, Berkeley. —Glenn Garner, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2024

McNeish and a group of graduate students have been documenting their observations of the disappearing river, and have counted more than 3,000 dead fish. —Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024

Scott Turow’s One L provides a window into that environment at Harvard Law School, one that mirrors many of the trials and tribulations that many graduate students face across multiple fields. —Jonathan Wai, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024