Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun graduate

2 senses of graduate

Sense 1
alumnus, alumna, alum, graduate, grad -- (a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university))
       => scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student -- (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)

Sense 2
graduate -- (a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts)
       => measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device -- (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb graduate

3 senses of graduate

Sense 1
graduate -- (receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; "She graduated in 1990")
       => receive, have -- (get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front")

Sense 2
graduate -- (confer an academic degree upon; "This school graduates 2,000 students each year")
       => confer, bestow -- (present; "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an honor on someone")

Sense 3
calibrate, graduate, fine-tune -- (make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder")
       => adjust, set, correct -- (alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels")

Antonyms of adj graduate

1 sense of graduate

Sense 1
graduate (prenominal), postgraduate -- (of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree; "graduate courses")

INDIRECT (VIA high) -> low -- (less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoir is low")

Similarity of adj graduate

1 sense of graduate

Sense 1
graduate (prenominal), postgraduate -- (of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree; "graduate courses")
       => high (vs. low) -- (greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "a high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of his career"; "high risks"; "has high hopes"; "the river is high"; "he has a high opinion of himself")