COED Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

coed

noun

Definition of coed

as in student

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Noun

The demonstrators ended up on the steps of the Lincoln Park Zoo’s administrative office, where students took turns at a megaphone.

— Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
This includes — but is not limited to — professors, scholars, research assistants, students, teachers, au pairs and camp counselors.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of student

Noun

Crafting the ‘nudge’ As an undergraduate at Carnegie Mellon University, Carleton spent two summers working in a Johns Hopkins prostate cancer lab and was surprised to see surgeons making a point to attend the department’s journal club.

— Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
The $235-million deal includes a 150-year ground lease with future rent to be paid to Cooper Union, which plans to use the funds to restore full-tuition scholarships to all undergraduates by 2028.

— Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of undergraduate

Noun

The fifth-year senior, who played at both Auburn and Texas State before enrolling at Pittsburgh in January, threw his second touchdown pass as a collegian.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
The 5-foot-10, 170-pound Blue Valley West graduate instead on Saturday had to settle for being the first collegian to score a touchdown in the tradition-rich facility that opened in 1923.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of collegian

Noun

The partnership dates to 2023, when Chanel and The King’s Foundation developed a Métiers d’Art education partnership with Le19M for postgraduate students.

— Mary Wenthur, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
The school, located about 20 minutes from downtown Philadelphia, sits on a 110-acre campus and enrolls approximately 3,100 undergraduates and 2,700 postgraduate students, per the school’s official website.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of postgraduate

Noun

Blackwell was astounded that Morgan was the pupil who took the program’s mission the furthest, surpassing the efforts of NFL players and affecting people well before he’s turned 21.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
By 1976, school districts with the lowest percentage of white students, which were often our country’s poorest, had the highest per-pupil spending in America.

— Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 8 Oct. 2026

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