POSTGRADUATES Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

postgraduates

noun

plural of postgraduate

as in undergraduates

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nonstudents

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Noun

Visas and a subpoena Nearly half of Caltech’s graduate students, 46%, come from abroad, along with 16% of undergraduates.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Atlantic analysis that found over 20% of undergraduates at Harvard and Brown are registered as disabled, while Amherst has 34% and Stanford close to 40%.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026

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The students' message during the campaign focused on a nonpartisan effort to rebuild Serbia's economy and restore its democracy.

— JOVANA GEC, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Serbians are voting Sunday in a parliamentary election that is seen as a showdown between the Balkan country's populist leader Aleksandar Vucic and a movement of university students who led protests against him for almost two years.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

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