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

Viewership reached 65% among voters with postgraduate degrees but fell to 40% among those with a high school education or less. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 18 July 2026

Just as the young woman is set to return to her hometown following the end of her postgraduate studies, a girl’s body is discovered there, unravelling painful memories of past trauma and sending Sofia through a pained process of self-reflection. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 9 July 2026