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

His collegiate totals stand at 158 catches, 2,282 receiving yards, and 22 touchdowns over 33 games, split between nine at Colorado and 24 at ASU. —Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025

Sayin had to compete for the starting job in the summer and was thrust into the role without much collegiate experience. —Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 Dec. 2025

The Citrus Bowl is the seventh-oldest collegiate bowl game in the country. —Nick Lentz, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025

Ten seniors signed to play at the collegiate level. —Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Dec. 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