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 Romero earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from California State University, Long Beach, in addition to her doctorate from UC Riverside. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Our entry point is Sutskever, the low-EQ genius who barges into the office of Professor Geoffrey Hinton (Mark Rylance) as a 17-year-old undergraduate at the University of Toronto in the early aughts. — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026 The campus is expected to enroll around 3,500 undergraduate, master's and doctoral students. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026 While getting her undergraduate degree in atmospheric science at Cornell, Gretchen Goldman took a class that highlighted the vital connection between public policy and the health of everyone on Earth. — Bill Nye, Time, 30 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for undergraduate

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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

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

But many scholars, and the justices themselves, argue that public perception is not matched by reality.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
Chinese scholars and officials regularly call for improving the benefits provided to rural residents as a means to stimulate domestic demand.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

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