Synonyms of matriculate

matriculate

verb

mə-ˈtri-kyə-ˌlāt 

as in to enroll

to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member

the college matriculated 1000 students for the fall semester

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enroll
• enlist
• list
• induct
• register
• inscribe
• muster
• conscript
• impanel
• book
• schedule
• draft
• wait-list
• check in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exclude
• reject
• expel
• delist
• omit
• check off
• expunge
• overlook

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of matriculate

Students matriculate through grades without demonstrating a real mastery of standard. — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026

Lendeborg played his first three college seasons in junior college at Arizona Western, broke into Division I with two years at UAB, then finally matriculated to the Big Ten last season. — Brendan Marks, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2026

Cruz and Hageman’s proposal would stop these claims from getting off the ground while still allowing more inherently local pollution cases to matriculate through state courts. — Ross Marchand, Baltimore Sun, 23 Apr. 2026

At his college graduation, Charlie had been awarded the Lionel de Jersey Harvard Scholarship for graduate study at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, where John Harvard had matriculated in 1627. — John McPhee, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026