Synonyms of graduate

graduate

adjective

as in postgraduate

of or relating to schooling done after earning a bachelor's degree

The team is conducting graduate research on the effects of climate change.

She plans to begin graduate school in the fall.

Related Words

• postgraduate
• collegiate
• educative
• educational
• scholarly
• pedagogical
• professorial
• bookish
• nerdy
• curricular
• academic
• geeky
• donnish
• tweedy
• pedantic
• instructive
• nerdish
• scholastic
• intellectual

Dissimilar Words

• nonacademic
• noneducational
• extracurricular
• noncollegiate
• unscholarly
• cocurricular
• unacademic

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of graduate

The university’s clinical mental health counseling master’s program has expanded to Charlotte, and Charlotte’s first graduate physician assistant program will welcome its inaugural class in January, officials said. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2026

Cramer leads a team of graduate students who attend public hearings and community group meetings and who conduct one-on-one interviews with people about data centers. — Scott Neuman, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026

Daniel Mason is a New York resident and graduate student at John Jay School of Criminal Justice. — Danny Mason, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026

Jazmin Chapman is a graduate student of the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York and a participant in the CONNECT program. — Kat Tran, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026