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

In the new rules, many graduate programs that have long served as gateways into public service careers are no longer eligible for the higher federal borrowing limits reserved for certain professional degrees. — Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

In addition to new limits for graduate students, the student loan overhaul includes caps for parents who take out education loans for their children under a federal program. — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

Frank Banascoe, a native of Ghana and graduate student at Iowa State, made the trip to Kansas City with more than 20 classmates. — Latif Love july 4, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026

Republicans used last year's One Big Beautiful Bill Act to eliminate the Grad PLUS program and limit graduate loan amounts. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 1 July 2026