Postgraduate

//ˌpəʊstˈɡɹædju.ət//

Synonyms for "postgraduate" (42 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (9)

graduate student academic alumna alumnae alumni alumnus autodidactic bookish

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (12)

college graduate college man college-bred collegiate cross-disciplinary degrees doctoral candidate educated class educated man grad graduate

Noun(1 words)

grad student

Related words (21)

Adjective(1 words)

graduate

graduate-professional high interdisciplinary learned meritocracy pedagogical professional scholarly scholastic schoolboyish schoolgirlish schoolish sophomoric studentlike studious undergraduate

Noun(3 words)

pg postgrad supergraduate

Adjective(1 words)

supergraduate

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

1 entries

collegian

Antonyms

2 entries

pregraduate undergraduate

Synonyms

1 entries

graduate student

derived

1 entries

postgrad

derived from

2 entries

graduate post

related to

6 entries

continuing course degree field person study

similar

2 entries

high

Translations

45 translations across 22 languages.

Armenian

2 entries

ասպիրանտական adj (of studies taking place after completing a degree)
ասպիրանտ noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)

Bulgarian

3 entries

следдипломен adj (of studies taking place after completing a degree)
аспирант noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)
докторант noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

研究生的 adj (of studies taking place after completing a degree)
研究生 noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)

Finnish

2 entries

jatko-opinto adj (of studies taking place after completing a degree)
jatko-opiskelija noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)

German

4 entries

Aufbau adj (of studies taking place after completing a degree)
Doktoranden adj (of studies taking place after completing a degree)
Graduierten adj (of studies taking place after completing a degree)
postgradual adj (of studies taking place after completing a degree)

Greek

2 entries

μεταπτυχιακός adj (of studies taking place after completing a degree)
μεταπτυχιακός φοιτητής noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)

Hindi

2 entries

स्नातकोत्तर adj (of studies taking place after completing a degree)
स्नातकोत्तर noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)

Hungarian

3 entries

posztgraduális adj (of studies taking place after completing a degree)
PhD-hallgató noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)
doktorandusz noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)

Indonesian

1 entries

pascasarjana adj (of studies taking place after completing a degree)

Irish

1 entries

iarchéimí noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)

Japanese

3 entries

大学院生 noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)
研究生 noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)
院生 noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)

Korean

1 entries

원생 noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)

Macedonian

1 entries

постдипло́мец noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)

Malay

2 entries

pascasiswazah adj (of studies taking place after completing a degree)
pascasiswazah noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)

Portuguese

1 entries

pós-graduando noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)

Russian

3 entries

послеву́зовский adj (of studies taking place after completing a degree)
аспира́нт noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)
аспира́нтка noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

for-cheumnaiche noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)

Spanish

4 entries

de postgrado adj (of studies taking place after completing a degree)
postgraduado adj (of studies taking place after completing a degree)
estudiante de postgrado noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)
postgraduado noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)

Swedish

2 entries

doktorand noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)
forskarstuderande noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)

Uyghur

1 entries

ئاسپىرانت noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)

Vietnamese

1 entries

cao học adj (of studies taking place after completing a degree)

Yiddish

2 entries

אַספּיראַנט noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)
אַספּיראַנטקע noun (a person continuing to study after completing a degree)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I intend to study the subject at postgraduate level.

Source: tatoeba (2807085)

There are several ways to fund postgraduate study.

Source: tatoeba (3660585)

Postgraduate research is much more demanding than research at undergraduate level.

Source: tatoeba (3660630)

Our department has about one hundred postgraduate students, but entry is highly selective.

Source: tatoeba (3660634)

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