Synonyms of postgraduate

postgraduate 1 of 2

adjective

as in graduate

of or relating to studies done after earning a bachelor's degree or other degree

After college, she spent her first postgraduate year studying abroad.

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

postgraduate

2 of 2

noun

as in undergraduate

Related Words

• undergraduate
• student
• coed
• collegian
• pupil
• reader
• scholar
• schoolchild
• junior
• day student
• schoolboy
• freshman
• schoolgirl
• sophomore
• schoolfellow
• studier
• schoolmate
• undergrad
• preppy
• kindergartner
• high schooler
• exchange student
• middle schooler
• middler
• upperclassman
• senior
• underclassman

Dissimilar Words

• nonstudent

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of postgraduate

Adjective

In addition to the crown and new title, Donegan won more than $70,000 in scholarships through the Miss America program, which will help finance her undergraduate and postgraduate education. — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025

Letícia Paul, who had recently earned her law degree and was pursuing postgraduate studies in real estate and business law, went into anaphylactic shock moments after receiving an iodinated contrast dye, Jam Press reported. — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025

Noun

Furthermore, because today’s postgraduate trainees are increasingly eager for meaningful public service, university hospitals that enthusiastically support military reserve duties will possess a unique, highly attractive recruitment tool for top medical talent. — Robert Krasner, STAT, 1 June 2026

As a break from the drudgery of surviving a fraught postgraduate landscape, Harris sought refuge in her imagination. — Lovia Gyarkye, IndieWire, 16 May 2026