UNDERGRADUATE Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

undergraduate

noun

Definition of undergraduate

as in student

a person enrolled in a college or university who has not yet earned a degree a group of college undergraduates

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Recent Examples of undergraduate Harvard University’s policy capping A grades among undergraduates doesn’t officially start for another year, but students heading back to school this fall are already fretting over the changes. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2026 Harvard’s undergraduate college has held AI training sessions and given students access to premium chatbots including Google’s Gemini, OpenAI’s ChatGPT Edu, and Anthropic’s Claude. — Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026 During 2024-25, institutional money accounted for about half of all grant aid for undergraduate and graduate students, according to the latest data available from the College Board, which tracks trends in college pricing and student aid. — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026 Per this plan, annual tuition for a full-time undergraduate student in the 2028-2029 academic year would be nearly $7,700, up from $5,742 in 2023-2024. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for undergraduate

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Though Derrick Moore had never played or coached the sport, that didn’t stop him from starting a team so the students could have an extracurricular activity to call their own.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Actress Wendy Raquel Robinson, a former student of McKenna’s, served as emcee for the ceremony.

— Staff report, Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026

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Lewis, a housing scholar at Sacred Heart University, said the project grew from her interest in housing inequality in Bridgeport and her desire to conduct research differently.

— Reginald David, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2026
Some scholars report average increases of more than 50 percent, while others suggest that certain households saw their water bills double or even triple.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026

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