grad

grad · noun

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Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (informal) A graduate; a person who has completed a degree or course of study.

  2. 2.

    (informal) Short for graduate school or graduate student.

Forms

plural: grads

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    grad school — graduate school
  • •
    grad student — a student pursuing a graduate degree
  • •
    new grad — a recent graduate

Related words

Antonyms: undergraduate
See also: graduate, graduation, undergraduate
Synonyms: alumnus, graduate

Etymology

Informal shortening of "graduate," from Medieval Latin graduatus ("having taken a degree"), past participle of graduari ("to take a degree").