Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

graduate student

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English

Syllables
grad-u-ate s-tu-dent
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A university student, usually already possessing a four-year degree, who is working on a master's degree or Ph.D.

Canadian usage; American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

Synonyms

postgraduate postgraduate student grad student

Questions

What does graduate student mean?
A university student, usually already possessing a four-year degree, who is working on a master's degree or Ph.D.

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