postgraduate

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: graduate studentgrad studentgraduate(a)

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a student who continues studies after graduationSynonyms: graduate studentgrad student

Adjective (1)

  1. of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree“graduate courses”Synonyms: graduate(a)
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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.]

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