UNDERGRADS Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

undergrads

noun

plural of undergrad

as in freshmen

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Noun

Most high-level recruits aren’t going to enter as freshmen planning to stay in college for five years.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 15 July 2026
Pitchford has mainly been used as a blocker in goal-line situations while Martin and Graham are true freshmen.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026

Definition of freshmen

Noun

But when October rolls around again, do sophomores, juniors, and seniors really want their parents hanging around for the weekend?

— Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Mestemaker and Sayin are true juniors who don’t need to rush anything; Carr is a redshirt sophomore in the same boat.

— Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of juniors

Noun

Younger students—particularly rising freshmen and sophomores—are better served using the summer to think, read, and narrow their focus, with the goal of actually launching the project the following fall or spring.

— Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
On Tuesday, Currie said the freshman class is nearly at that figure, and sophomores number between 20 and 25 students.

— Dave Oberhelman, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026

Definition of sophomores

Noun

One study in Brazil determined that undergraduates who used AI for studying performed significantly worse on a surprise test than those who studied without AI.

— Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
In a study now under review, our team examined 15 years of responses from more than 10,000 public university undergraduates in New York state between 2011 and 2026.

— Ann M. Merriwether, The Conversation, 7 July 2026

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