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

Many graduate students are supported in large part by research funds and many researchers are partially paid from research funds and partially paid from instruction funds. —Lucie Lapovsky, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025

Bronstein, two research assistants and a team of graduate students recruited participants into their study to see if different factors, such as prior experiences with the mental health care system, influenced people’s willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. —Dené K. Dryden, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2025

The protesters arrested inside Hamilton Hall included 14 undergraduate students and nine graduate students, the university has previously said. —Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025

Along with graduate students Selton Miguel and Jayhlon Young, fifth-year seniors Jordan Geronimo and Jahari Long, and senior Ben Murphy, Reese will be celebrated before the No. 13 Terps (22-7, 12-6 Big Ten) meet the Wildcats (16-14, 7-12) at 3 p.m. —Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2025