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.

Related Words

• postgraduate
• collegiate
• educative
• educational
• scholarly
• pedagogical
• professorial
• bookish
• nerdy
• curricular
• academic
• geeky
• donnish
• tweedy
• pedantic
• instructive
• nerdish
• scholastic
• intellectual

Dissimilar Words

• nonacademic
• noneducational
• extracurricular
• noncollegiate
• unscholarly
• cocurricular
• unacademic

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of graduate

Asian giants face looming graduate job crisis Asia’s most populous countries are grappling with a graduate employment crisis, with huge numbers of young people entering job markets that lack roles to absorb them. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026

The new 35-acre campus will support more than 3,500 undergraduate and graduate students, as well as 300 faculty and 600 staff. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026

At digital marketing and advertising agency PMG, graduate candidates are asked to complete practical exercises in person, work in teams and tackle client briefs. — Lindsay Dodgson, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026

The university’s clinical mental health counseling master’s program has expanded to Charlotte, and Charlotte’s first graduate physician assistant program will welcome its inaugural class in January, officials said. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2026