postdoc

1 of 2

noun

post·​doc ˈpōs(t)-ˌdäk 

: one engaged in postdoctoral study or research

postdoc

2 of 2

adjective

: postdoctoral

Examples of postdoc in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

National Science Foundation data show that nearly 60% of postdocs in science, engineering, and health are temporary visa holders; most of these researchers would be on J-1 visas. — Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026

Her former postdoc, Roman Palitsky, told me that Britton suffered for pointing out the problems with the bridge. — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

Adjective

Shunlin Lu, a postdoc researcher at Fudan University and CTO of NeoteAI, says the results are clear evidence that access to large-scale and diverse tactile data leads to significant performance gains. — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2026

The long-term implications of these barriers could be grim, especially because more than half of the country’s postdoc scholars in science, technology, engineering and math, and around a third of the country’s graduate students, are visa holders. — Nara Parameswaran, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1964, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1942, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for postdoc

• alcock
• beanstalk
• bedrock
• boardwalk
• catwalk
• cornstalk
• crosswalk
• deadlock
• feedstock
• fetlock
• flintlock
• goshawk