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The synonyms of “Graduate” are: alum, alumna, alumnus, grad, degree holder, person with a degree, calibrate, fine-tune, qualify, pass one's exams, pass, be certified, be licensed, progress, advance, move up, go up, proceed, develop, arrange in a series, arrange in order, order, group, classify, class, categorize, rank, grade, range, mark off, measure off, measure out, divide into degrees, postgraduate
Graduate as a Noun
Definitions of "Graduate" as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “graduate” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university.
- A person who has received a high school diploma.
- A person who has successfully completed a course of study or training, especially a person who has been awarded an undergraduate or first academic degree.
- A measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts.
- A graduated cup, tube, flask, or measuring glass, used especially by chemists and pharmacists.

Synonyms of "Graduate" as a noun (6 Words)
alum | A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum the potassium double sulfate of aluminum. Artificially grown crystals of one of the alums. |
alumna | A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university. The University of Ottawa alumna was in Japan. |
alumnus | A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university. A Harvard alumnus. |
degree holder | A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality. |
grad | A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university. |
person with a degree | A grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party. |

Usage Examples of "Graduate" as a noun
- She is 19, a graduate of Lincoln High.

Graduate as a Verb
Definitions of "Graduate" as a verb
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “graduate” as a verb can have the following definitions:
- Confer an academic degree upon.
- Confer a degree or other academic qualification on.
- Change (something, typically colour or shade) gradually or step by step.
- Arrange in a series or according to a scale.
- Receive an academic degree from.
- Mark out (an instrument or container) in degrees or other proportionate gradations.
- Successfully complete an academic degree, course of training, or (in North America) high school.
- Move up to (a more advanced level or position.
- Make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring.
- Receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies.

Synonyms of "Graduate" as a verb (27 Words)
advance | Pay in advance. The hypothesis I wish to advance in this article. |
arrange in a series | Plan, organize, and carry out (an event. |
arrange in order | Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events. |
be certified | Be identical to; be someone or something. |
be licensed | Be priced at. |
calibrate | Adjust (experimental results) to take external factors into account or to allow comparison with other data. A separate control experiment is then carried out to calibrate the calorimeter. |
categorize | Place into or assign to a category. Children learn early on to categorize. |
class | Arrange or order by classes or categories. How would you classify these pottery shards are they prehistoric. |
classify | Arrange or order by classes or categories. How would you classify these pottery shards are they prehistoric. |
develop | Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development. This situation has developed over a long time. |
divide into degrees | Come apart. |
fine-tune | Adjust finely. |
go up | Give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number. |
grade | Arrange in or allocate to grades classify or sort. The timber is graded according to its thickness. |
group | Put in a group or groups. Can you group these shapes together. |
mark off | Mark by some ceremony or observation. |
measure off | Express as a number or measure or quantity. |
measure out | Have certain dimensions. |
move up | Arouse sympathy or compassion in. |
order | Issue commands or orders for. She ordered me to leave. |
pass | Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life. Pass an electric current through it. |
pass one's exams | Pass over, across, or through. |
proceed | Continue talking he continued. We proceeded towards Washington. |
progress | Cause a task or undertaking to make progress. I cannot predict how quickly we can progress the matter. |
qualify | Prove capable or fit; meet requirements. The training necessary to qualify as a solicitor. |
range | Obtain the range of a target by adjustment after firing past it or short of it or by the use of radar or laser equipment. Tutorials ranged over a variety of subjects. |
rank | Give someone or something a rank or place within a grading system. Students ranked the samples in order of preference. |

Usage Examples of "Graduate" as a verb
- The colour is graduated from the middle of the frame to the top.
- The school graduated more than one hundred arts majors in its first year.
- He graduated Harvard in 1965.
- He graduated in the summer with a 2:2 degree.
- The stones were graduated in height from the lowest near the entrance to the tallest opposite.
- He started with motorbikes but now he's graduated to his first car.
- She graduated in 1990.
- He graduated from Glasgow University in 1990.
- The stem was graduated with marks for each hour.
- This school graduates 2,000 students each year.
- Graduate a cylinder.

Graduate as an Adjective
Definitions of "Graduate" as an adjective
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “graduate” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
- Of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree.

Synonyms of "Graduate" as an adjective (1 Word)
postgraduate | Relating to or denoting a course of study undertaken after completing a first degree. A postgraduate degree. |

Usage Examples of "Graduate" as an adjective

Associations of "Graduate" (30 Words)
alumnus | A graduate or former student of a particular school, college, or university. A Royal Ballet alumnus. |
attendance | The action or state of going regularly to or being present at a place or event. She is being blamed for the museum s low attendances. |
bookworm | A person who enjoys reading. |
class | Arrange or order by classes or categories. Conduct which is classed as criminal. |
college | The teaching staff and students of a college considered collectively. The Oxford colleges. |
collegian | A student (or former student) at a college or university. |
course | Move swiftly through or over. Guests are offered a choice of main course. |
curriculum | The subjects comprising a course of study in a school or college. Course components of the school curriculum. |
diploma | An official document or charter. |
disciple | A personal follower of Christ during his life, especially one of the twelve Apostles. A disciple of Rousseau. |
education | The United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education including federal aid to educational institutions and students created 1979. Colleges of education. |
grad | A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university. |
graduation | A mark on a container or instrument indicating a degree of quantity. The ruler had 16 graduations per inch. |
headmaster | A man who is the head teacher in a school. |
homeroom | A classroom in which a group of students assembles daily with the same teacher before dispersing to other classes. |
instructor | A person whose occupation is teaching. A driving instructor. |
learner | Works for an expert to learn a trade. A fast learner. |
lecturer | A public lecturer at certain universities. A senior lecturer in surgery at Leeds University. |
polytechnic | An institution of higher education offering courses at degree level or below, especially in vocational subjects. |
postgraduate | A student engaged in a postgraduate course. A postgraduate degree. |
pupil | A young person attending school (up through senior high school. Will you take me on as your pupil. |
schoolmaster | Food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters. |
student | A learner who is enrolled in an educational institution. A student of sociology. |
teach | A teacher. She teaches me French. |
teaching | The occupation, profession, or work of a teacher. The teachings of religion. |
thesis | An unstressed syllable or part of a metrical foot in Greek or Latin verse. His central thesis is that psychological life is not part of the material world. |
trainee | Someone who is being trained. Trainee solicitors. |
undergraduate | Denoting or relating to an undergraduate. Undergraduate students. |
university | The body of faculty and students at a university. His daughter is at university. |
valedictorian | The student with the best grades who usually delivers the valedictory address at commencement. |

Synonyms for Postgraduate:

What is another word for postgraduate?
57 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ pˈə͡ʊstɡɹɐdjˌuːe͡ɪt], [ pˈəʊstɡɹɐdjˌuːeɪt], [ p_ˈəʊ_s_t_ɡ_ɹ_ɐ_d_j_ˌuː_eɪ_t]n.
•grad student (noun)•graduate (noun)•graduate student (noun)•high (noun)•learner (noun)•Other relevant words: (noun)- alumnus,
- post-graduates,
- alumna,
- old grad,
- old grads,
- alums,
- postgraduates,
- alum,
- college boy,
- college man,
- post-graduate,
- collegian,
- postgraduate.
Other synonyms:
•Other relevant words (noun):- pedagogical,
- meritocracy,
- scholastic,
- cross-disciplinary,
- doctoral candidate,
- bachelor,
- collegiate,
- learned,
- Sophomoric,
- bookish,
- schoolboyish,
- degrees,
- educated class,
- Alumni,
- scholarly,
- studious,
- schoolish,
- interdisciplinary,
- autodidactic,
- Alumnae,
- grad,
- schoolgirlish,
- professional.
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How to use postgraduate in a sentence
Two years later, he was pursuing postgraduate studies at the Institute of Kashmir Studies, University of Kashmir, when he went missing.
FOUR SONS, ONE WAR: ALL DEADEUGENE ROBINSONSEPTEMBER 25, 2020OZYIt is hoped that these repeated examinations may lead to the continuation of such habits of bodily care in postgraduate years.
COLLEGE TEACHINGPAUL KLAPPERThe postgraduate may play the game using as counters the great and distinctive cheeses of more than fifty countries.
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF CHEESEROBERT CARLTON BROWNWORDS RELATED TO POSTGRADUATE
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postgraduate
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[ pohst-graj-oo-it, -eyt ]
/ poʊstˈgrædʒ u ɪt, -ˌeɪt /
adjective
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
noun
a student who is taking advanced work after graduation, as from a high school or college.
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Origin of postgraduate
First recorded in 1855–60; post- + graduate
Words nearby postgraduate
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How to use postgraduate in a sentence
Sara Sheridan is a Philadelphia-based postgraduate reporting fellow at the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting and a postgraduate research scholar and editor at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism.
Does It Get Better For the Indie Fine Dining Restaurant?|Sara Sheridan|July 22, 2021|Eater
“The need to combine software implementations and mathematical algorithms presupposes high qualifications at the postgraduate level and above,” one job listing says.
Huawei calls on an old friend, Russia, as U.S. sanctions bite down|Eva Dou, Pei Lin Wu, Isabelle Khurshudyan|May 28, 2021|Washington Post
Pagels’s sister, Laura Menendez, described her brother as funny, smart and passionate about many things — pursuing his postgraduate studies, playing tennis and board games, and traveling by bike.
Bicyclist killed in crash tweeted just hours earlier about the danger of riding in D.C.|Luz Lazo|April 12, 2021|Washington Post
While 24 percent of those with less than a bachelor’s degree say they don’t plan to get the vaccine, that number is just 11 percent for those with college degrees and just 8 percent for those with postgraduate degrees.
Yes, vaccine skepticism exists among health-care workers — but far less so among top medical professionals|Aaron Blake|March 19, 2021|Washington Post
Two years later, he was pursuing postgraduate studies at the Institute of Kashmir Studies, University of Kashmir, when he went missing.
Four Sons, One War: All Dead|Eugene Robinson|September 25, 2020|Ozy
During the 1990s, however, he went abroad again to finish his postgraduate studies at Glasgow Caledonian University.
Hassan Rouhani: Iran’s Mysterious New President|Omid Memarian|September 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In the Northeast, spring is in the air, and at Ivy League schools, kids are planning their postgraduate futures.
Bridgewater May Be the Hottest Hedge Fund for Harvard Grads, but It’s Also the Weirdest|Daniel Gross|March 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
She said she might someday go for her postgraduate degree, but she also wants to start several businesses.
Octomom Nadya Suleman Wants to Shed Her Creepy Persona|Maria Elena Fernandez|July 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I went to Andover with Belichick in the 1970s (he was there for a postgraduate year while I was kept prisoner for four years).
The Material Super Bowl: Madonna, Ferris Bueller—and the Game, Too|Buzz Bissinger|February 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
(This may reflect the decided 58-40 pro-Obama tilt of professors, lawyers, teachers, and others with postgraduate degrees).
Obama Didn't Really Change Anything|Michael Lind|November 6, 2008|DAILY BEAST
Have you participated in any postgraduate work since you graduated from high school?
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
What postgraduate work had you been doing that you just mentioned?
Warren Commission (2 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
It is hoped that these repeated examinations may lead to the continuation of such habits of bodily care in postgraduate years.
College Teaching|Paul Klapper
The postgraduate may play the game using as counters the great and distinctive cheeses of more than fifty countries.
The Complete Book of Cheese|Robert Carlton Brown
In fact she was merely taking a postgraduate course in certain studies.
The Mission of Janice Day|Helen Beecher Long
British Dictionary definitions for postgraduate
postgraduate
noun
a student who has obtained a degree from a university, etc, and is pursuing studies for a more advanced qualification
(modifier)of or relating to such a student or to his studies
Also (US and Canadian): graduate
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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