COLLEGIATE Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

collegiate

adjective

Definition of collegiate

as in scholastic

of or relating to a college or its students collegiate athletics

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Recent Examples of collegiate Relatively few transgender athletes participate in high school and collegiate sports. — Jesse Rhodes, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026 With it, high school athletes in Texas will play a game more similar to the collegiate and professional levels. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026 Freshman Trace Johnson completed 11 for 21 passes for 165 yards for Tulane (3-3, 1-1 American Conference) in his first collegiate start — with a touchdown pass and an interception. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 Many players have obvious economic incentives to seek to extend their collegiate careers for as long as possible. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for collegiate

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Jackson voted in June 2023 to accept a committee recommendation against passing LD 930, legislation seeking to restrict participation in women’s and girls’ scholastic sports.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
The coming-of-age drama, based on Coffey’s life, follows a high school student with mild cerebral palsy trying to wrestle for the school’s scholastic wrestling team.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of scholastic

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But Florida has decisively moved beyond an educational system dominated by a single operator — the school district — and toward a new construct where multiple operators provide choices for families.

— Thibaut Delloue, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
During this week’s visit, the delegation also met with the Jesuit Refugee Service and the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, a department that promotes human rights, both of which Rattenbury said were educational experiences.

— Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of educational

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The Brookings paper makes the same argument in academic terms.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Nancy’s British father, Gerald Cadogan, is an academic and archaeologist, and much of her childhood was spent on excavation sites in Cyprus and Crete.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026

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