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 While Suffolk’s undergraduate library back on Temple Street was congenial, the Athenaeum’s depth was something else entirely (current holdings now total 600,000 books). — David Shribman, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Oct. 2026 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 Institutions built solely around the traditional undergraduate experience risk becoming increasingly disconnected from the realities of today’s learners. — Irma Becerra, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for undergraduate

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Noun

Advertisement France has never seen so many violent incidents in a movement made up largely of high school students.

— Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
The student is at the reunification center waiting to be reunited with his parents, aunt Mindy Corely said.

— Phil Helsel, NBC news, 16 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

The scholar Colin Burrow, discussing Helen Vendler recently, described the goal of criticism as telling other people how good something is.

— Lola Seaton, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
Sabrina came from a high-status family of scholars, and Phillip, the struggling musician and child of butchers, wasn’t enough for her family.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

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