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

Much of that production started up front, where graduate offensive lineman Christian Loving returns as one of the program’s most accomplished players. — Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

This year, Boutayeb returned in an official capacity, representing Viterbi’s graduate students. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

During 2024-25, institutional money accounted for about half of all grant aid for undergraduate and graduate students, according to the latest data available from the College Board, which tracks trends in college pricing and student aid. — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

Atharva is a full-time content writer with a post-graduate degree in media & amp; entertainment and a graduate degree in electronics & telecommunications. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026