Graduate

Synonyms for graduate
noun person who completes education, pursuit

recipient
doctor
product
bachelor

master
holder
grad
alum

alumnus
baccalaureate
Ph.D.
diplomate

licentiate
collegian
former student

Antonyms for graduate

undergraduate

Synonyms
verb complete education, pursuit

earn
finish
get out

win
certify
be commissioned

confer degree
get a degree
give sheepskin

grant diploma
take a degree

Synonyms
verb classify, grade

rank
sort
group
proportion

class
range
measure
regulate

order
arrange
calibrate
mark off

measure out

Antonyms

disorder
disorganize

disperse
scatter

mix up

Usage Notes

In the sense “to receive a degree or diploma” graduate followed by from is the most common construction today: Her daughter graduated from Yale in 1981. The passive form was graduated from, formerly insisted upon as the only correct pattern, has decreased in use and occurs infrequently today: My husband was graduated from West Point last year. Even though it is condemned by some as nonstandard, the use of graduate as a transitive verb meaning “to receive a degree or diploma from” is increasing in frequency in both speech and writing: The twins graduated high school in 1974.