UNDERGRADUATES Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

undergraduates

noun

plural of undergraduate

as in students

a person enrolled in a college or university who has not yet earned a degree a group of college undergraduates

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Recent Examples of undergraduates Federal data show about 30% of undergraduates switch majors within three years of enrolling. — Matt Vandenberg, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026 Construction is set to begin next year; the school plans to welcome graduate students in 2028 and undergraduates in 2032. — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026 Harbach is a gifted observer of undergraduates, their pathos and their comedy, but his Westish is a gentle and perhaps too-good-natured institution, where even the jocks are nerds. — B. D. McClay, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 This week, Baylor’s student newspaper reported that the school’s enrollment of 13,860 undergraduates is BU’s lowest in 12 years. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2026 Signers would cap international undergraduates at 15%, require the SAT or ACT and freeze tuition for five years. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Cornell is among the less difficult Ivy League schools to get into, and it is known for its top engineering program, while also being one of the few Ivies with a business school open to undergraduates. — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026 With both undergraduates and graduate students in the same institution, universities are usually larger. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026 The $235-million deal includes a 150-year ground lease with future rent to be paid to Cooper Union, which plans to use the funds to restore full-tuition scholarships to all undergraduates by 2028. — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

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Noun

The students' message during the campaign focused on a nonpartisan effort to rebuild Serbia's economy and restore its democracy.

— JOVANA GEC, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Serbians are voting Sunday in a parliamentary election that is seen as a showdown between the Balkan country's populist leader Aleksandar Vucic and a movement of university students who led protests against him for almost two years.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of students

Noun

Rooney’s growing list of supporters includes scholars like Amitav Ghosh, Namwali Serpell, Naomi Klein, and Slavoj Zizek.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
Nupedia was written and peer-reviewed by scholars, and was eventually supposed to make money from advertising.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026

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