[syn: graduate(a), postgraduate]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Postgraduate \Post*grad"u*ate\, a. [Pref. post- + graduate.]
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the studies pursued after
graduation, esp., after receiving the bachelor's degree at a
college; graduate. -- n. A student who pursues such studies.
Note: Most careful writers consider the word graduate to be
the proper word to use in this sense.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
postgraduate
adj 1: of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree;
"graduate courses" [syn: graduate(a), postgraduate]
n 1: a student who continues studies after graduation [syn:
graduate student, grad student, postgraduate]