undergraduate

B2 Topic:Education & Learning
US /ˌəndɝˈgrædʒəwət/
noun adj Freq #34470

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A university student who has not yet finished their first degree.

    She is a physics undergraduate at the local university.

  2. 2
    adj

    Relating to students studying for their first university degree.

    After completing my undergraduate studies, I went into publishing.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a university student who... undergrad
Opposites
graduatepostgraduate
Word family
Forms undergraduates

Etymology

From under- + graduate.

Topics

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