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Postgraduate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of, relating to, or pursuing advanced study after graduation from high school or college.

n. One who is engaged in postgraduate study.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course.

adj. Those studies which take place after having successfully completed a degree course.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating, the studies pursued after graduation, esp., after receiving the bachelor's degree at a college; graduate.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Belonging or relating to or prosecuting a course of study pursued after graduation: as, postgraduate lectures; a postgraduate course of study; a postgraduate student.

n. A graduate; one studying after graduation.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree

n. a student who continues studies after graduation

Word Usage

"Because postgraduate is so often used interchangeably with graduate, it would be unrealistic to insist that the two must be different and that postgraduate means what you and I think it does (what it should!)."

Equivalent

high

Antonym

pregraduate undergraduate

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

college boy collegian college man

Form

postgrad

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

graduate

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

semester-long genteelest post-secondary instate art-college