grader

noun

grad·​er ˈgrā-dər 

1

: one that grades

2

: a machine for leveling earth

3

: a pupil in a school grade

a fifth grader

Examples of grader in a Sentence

Her students say that she's a tough grader.

Recent Examples on the Web

In catching 12 passes for 217 yards and four touchdowns against Illinois Saturday, Smith again looked like the high school star playing against ninth graders on the JV team. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2026

The Iowa City Community School District previously told PEOPLE in a statement that the accident occurred during a School of the Wild field trip for Borlaug Elementary fifth graders at the MacBride Nature Recreation Area. — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026

The Restler-Williams plan does nothing to fix the city’s nearly 1,600 other public schools, where most eighth-graders cannot do middle school math and one-third of students are chronically absent. — Wai Wah Chin, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2026

Meeting with the school The next morning, the third-grader’s parents went to talk to Heather Royce, the administrator of the school, and told her what their daughter said had happened the day before. — Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for grader

• aider
• fader
• nadir
• raider
• schrader
• seder
• shader
• trader
• crusader
• invader
• persuader

Kids Definition

grader

noun

grad·​er ˈgrād-ər 

1

: one that grades

2

: a machine for leveling earth

3

: a pupil in a school grade

a group of sixth graders