'Postgraduate' definitions:
Definition of 'postgraduate'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree; "graduate courses" [syn: graduate(a), postgraduate]
noun
A student who continues studies after graduation [syn: graduate student, grad student, postgraduate]
Definition of 'Postgraduate'
From: 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.]
Synonyms of 'postgraduate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- academic,
- alumna,
- alumnae,
- alumni,
- alumnus,
- autodidactic,
- bookish,
- college graduate,
- college man,
- college-bred,
- collegiate,
- cross-disciplinary,
- degrees,
- doctoral candidate,
- educated class,
- educated man,
- grad,
- graduate,
- graduate student,
- graduate-professional,
- interdisciplinary,
- learned,
- meritocracy,
- pedagogical,
- professional,
- scholarly,
- scholastic,
- schoolboyish,
- schoolgirlish,
- schoolish,
- sophomoric,
- studentlike,
- studious,
- undergraduate