Antonyms for graduate
ˈgrædʒ u ɪt, -ˌeɪt; -ˌeɪtgrad·u·ate

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1. graduatenoun

   To change gradually

   Antonyms:
   drop-out, student

Matched Categories

1. • Confer
   • Receive

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1. alumnus, alumna, alum, graduate, gradnoun

   a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)

   Antonyms:
   low

   Synonyms:
   grad, potassium alum, grade, potash alum, ammonium alum, ammonia alum, alum, alumnus, alumna

2. graduateadjective

   a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts

   Antonyms:
   low

   Synonyms:
   grad, alumna, alumnus, alum

3. graduate(a), postgraduateverb

   of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree

   "graduate courses"

   Antonyms:
   low

4. graduateverb

   receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies

   "She graduated in 1990"

   Antonyms:
   low

   Synonyms:
   calibrate, fine-tune

5. graduateverb

   confer an academic degree upon

   "This school graduates 2,000 students each year"

   Antonyms:
   low

   Synonyms:
   calibrate, fine-tune

6. calibrate, graduate, fine-tuneverb

   make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring

   "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder"

   Antonyms:
   low

   Synonyms:
   tweak, down, calibrate, polish, fine-tune, refine

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1. graduatenoun

   Synonyms:
   alumnus

2. graduatenoun

   Synonyms:
   alumni

How to use graduate in a sentence?

1. Mirwais Afizi:

   We never heard anything about her being mentally ill. She was about to graduate.

2. Margaret Doyle:

   FMCG companies have always been perceived as having well-regarded graduate programmes, people are initiated through different parts of the business - they get to market shampoo, market washing powder, they experience a real rotation which is a great foundation.

3. Greg Steube:

   Of all the religious exemption requests submitted by midshipmen at the Naval Academy for the COVID-19 vaccine, not a single one has been approved, my constituent has already been told she can’t receive a diploma and graduate due to her status as it relates to the COVID-19 vaccine. The Navy is simply holding these individuals until the injunction preventing the separation of naval personnel is lifted.

4. Anthony Brutto:

   It was always important to me to graduate.

5. Danielle Rutherford:

   It cost me a lot of pain and when she died it was like it shattered my world, and it still hurts. And it hurts even more knowing I ’m going to graduate and she’s never going to see that.

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