Graduate Synonyms and Antonyms

grăjo͝o-āt
Person who completes education, pursuit
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. alumnus
  2. alumna
  3. alum
  4. grad
  5. recipient of a degree
  6. recipient of a certificate
  7. former student
  8. holder of a degree
  9. holder of a certificate
  10. baccalaureate
  11. bachelor
  12. licentiate
  13. diplomate
  14. product
Antonyms:
  1. undergraduate
To give a degree
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. grant a degree to
  2. grant a diploma to
  3. grant a certificate to
  4. confer a degree on
  5. confer a diploma on
  6. confer a certificate on
  7. send-out
  8. certify
  9. give a sheepskin to
To receive a degree
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. receive a degree
  2. be awarded a degree
  3. win a degree
  4. earn a degree
  5. take a degree
  6. receive a diploma
  7. be awarded a diploma
  8. win a diploma
  9. earn a diploma
  10. receive a certificate
  11. alum
  12. be awarded a certificate
  13. earn a certificate
  14. become an alumna
  15. become an alumnus
  16. get out
  17. finish
  18. finish-up
  19. become qualified
  20. alumna
  21. be certificated
  22. be commissioned
  23. get a B.A.
  24. get an M.A.
  25. get a Ph.D.
  26. get an M.D.
  27. get a sheepskin
  28. grad
  29. pass
To mark gradations
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. measure
  2. calibrate
  3. grade
  4. regulate
  5. fine-tune
Of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. postgraduate

Words Related to Graduate

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. post-graduate
  2. trainee
  3. mba
  4. student
  5. graduating
  6. phd
  7. doctoral
  8. lecturer
  9. phds
  10. postgrad
  11. pgce
  12. post-grad
  13. degree-diploma

Graduate Sentence Examples

  • I graduate next month, so I'll let her know with an invitation.

  • Massachusetts Bay had a large learned element; it is supposed that about 1640 there was an Oxford or Cambridge graduate to every 250 persons in the colony.

  • What are you going to do when you graduate?

  • In 1879-1882 he lectured on theology at Andover Theological Seminary, and in 1883 at Harvard, where in 1895-1896 he conducted a graduate seminary in ethics.

  • The city and the lake were named in honour of Lieutenant Albert Miller Lea (1808-1891), a West Point graduate (1831) who, on behalf of the United States government, first surveyed the region and described it in a report published in 1836.

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