Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "college" can be used as noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

big city big town building city fraternity house large city town or city

Capable Of

further eductaion further knowledge honor alumnus with awards honor student with degree teaches arts

Coordinate Terms

confraternity gild guild

Defined As

undergraduate division of university

Derived Terms

Bene't College Benedict College Buckingham College College City College Park College Station College for Women College of Cardinals Dookie College Electoral College Gloucester College Hertford College Iffley College Joe College King's College Parks College Peterhouse College St Benet's College University College anticollege city technology college college pheasant college town college try college wage premium college-age college-aged college-goer college-ruled collegebound collegeboy collegegoer collegeless collegelike collegemate colleger collegewide collegey cow college fresh-out-of-college intercollege merit badge college middle college multicollege noncollege out-college out-of-college postcollege precollege sixth form college staff college subcollege uncolleged

Has Part

students at

Context

australia canada ireland israel new zealand politics uk us

Has Property

expensive

Subevents

learn

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

body building complex complex educational institution

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

arts college community college electoral college junior college residential college senior college technical college tertiary college university college

Type Of (IsA)

academy body building complex degree granting institution educational institution educational organization institution place place of learning place to learn place where learn things school station

Part Of

academia

Related Terms

collegiate collegiate church collegium old college try university

Related Terms

adult adults after after graduation after high after school american american university associate's degree big big school boston boston institution building campus classes colleague collegiate collegium corporate degree degrees department doctors dormitories ed education education place educational educational establishment educational facility educational institution educational place electoral college establishment extra extra school facility finals for adults for education for seniors four four years further education graduate graduate institution graduation high high school higher higher ed higher education higher learning higher school hong kong india institute institution kids learning learning institute learning institution learning place lesser lesser university library like like school like university many people old college try people place place learning post post secondary postsecondary primary school professors pupils republic of ireland school school university schooling secondary secondary school seniors sixth form small small university student student place students students classes study study building study place university university department university school vocational years

Used For

find archives finding oneself gather good minds get degree getting away from parents getting degree higher learning learning learning new things learning things meeting people people don't work phds preparing for adult life preparing for job teaching

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.