Synonyms of the word

graduate

• n. A person who is recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at…
• n. (US, Canada) A person who is recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course…
• n. A graduated (marked) cup or other container, thus fit for measuring.
• adj. graduated, arranged by degrees.
• adj. holding an academic degree.
• adj. relating to an academic degree.
• v. (intransitive, ergative) To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements…
• v. (transitive, proscribed) To be certified as having earned a degree from; to graduate from (an institution).
• v. (transitive) To certify (a student) as having earned a degree.
• v. (transitive) To mark (something) with degrees; to divide into regular steps or intervals, as the scale…
• v. (intransitive) To change gradually.
• v. To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the…
• v. (chemistry) To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.
• v. To taper, as the tail of certain birds.

adjust

• v. (transitive) To modify.
• v. (transitive) To improve or rectify.
• v. (transitive) To settle an insurance claim.
• v. (intransitive) To change to fit circumstances.

alum

• n. An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning…
• n. (chemistry) Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly…
• v. (transitive) To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.
• n. (US) A graduate of a university or other institution.

alumna

• n. A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college).
• n. A female graduate.

alumnus

• n. A male pupil or student.
• n. A male graduate.
• n. A student of either gender.
• n. A graduate of either gender.

bestow

• v. (transitive) To lay up in store; deposit for safe keeping; stow; place.
• v. (transitive) To lodge, or find quarters for; provide with accommodation.
• v. (Can we verify^{([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English?? +])} this sense?) (transitive) To…
• v. (transitive) To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present something to someone or something, especially…
• v. (transitive) To give in marriage.
• v. (transitive) To apply; make use of; use; employ.
• v. (Can we verify^{([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English?? +])} this sense?) (transitive, obsolete)…

bookman

• n. (Old English Law) One who held bookland.
• n. A studious or learned man; a scholar; a student; one who is more familiar with books than with people…
• n. One who sells or publishes books; a bookseller.

calibrate

• v. To check or adjust by comparison with a standard.
• v. To mark the scale of a measuring instrument.
• v. To measure the caliber of a tube or gun.

confer

• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compare.
• v. (intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To bring together; to collect, gather.
• v. (transitive) To grant as a possession; to bestow.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To contribute; to conduce.

correct

• adj. Free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.
• adj. With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
• v. (transitive) To make something that was not valid become right. To remove error.
• v. (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).
• v. (transitive) To inform (someone) of the latter's error.

fine-tune

• v. To make small adjustments to something until optimization is achieved.

grad

• n. Abbreviation of graduate.
• n. Abbreviation of graduation.
• n. (geometry, trigonometry) Abbreviation of gradian.
• n. Alternative letter-case form of Grad.

have

• v. (transitive) To possess, own, hold.
• v. (transitive) To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).
• v. (transitive) To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.
• v. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.
• v. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) must.
• v. (transitive) To give birth to.
• v. (transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse with.
• v. (transitive) To accept as a romantic partner.
• v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
• v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
• v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is…
• v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
• v. Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion,…
• v. (Britain, slang) To defeat in a fight; take.
• v. (Ireland) To be able to speak a language.
• v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
• v. To be afflicted with, to suffer from, to experience something negative.
• v. To trick, to deceive.
• v. (transitive, often with present participle) To allow.
• v. (transitive) To host someone.

high

• adj. Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
• adj. Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
• adj. Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
• adj. Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.
• adj. Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
• adj. Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality…
• adj. (in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.
• adj. (in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing…
• adj. Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
• adj. (of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
• adj. Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haugty, boastful, proud.
• adj. (of a body of water) With tall waves.
• adj. Large, great (in quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
• adj. (acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations…
• adj. (phonetics) Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
• adj. (card games) Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
• adj. (of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
• adj. (slang) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly (until the early 20th century)…
• adj. (nautical, of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
• adv. In or to an elevated position.
• adv. In or at a great value.
• adv. In a pitch of great frequency.
• n. A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
• n. A drug that gives such a high.
• n. (informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
• n. The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
• n. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
• n. (card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.
• v. (obsolete) To rise.
• n. (obsolete) Thought; intention; determination; purpose.
• v. To hie; to hasten.

postgraduate

• n. A person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course.
• adj. Of studies which take place after having successfully completed a degree course.

receive

• v. To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something.
• v. To take possession of.
• v. To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence,…
• v. To incur (an injury).
• v. To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.
• v. (telecommunications) To detect a signal from a transmitter.
• v. (sports) To be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To accept into the mind; to understand.
• n. (telecommunications) An operation in which data is received.

scholar

• n. A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.
• n. A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.
• n. A learned person; a bookman.

set

• v. (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
• v. (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
• v. (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
• v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
• v. (transitive) To determine or settle.
• v. (transitive) To adjust.
• v. (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
• v. (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
• v. (transitive) To introduce or describe.
• v. (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
• v. (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
• v. (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
• v. (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
• v. (transitive) To arrange (type).
• v. (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
• v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
• v. (intransitive) To solidify.
• v. (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
• v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
• v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
• v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
• v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
• v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
• v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
• v. (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
• v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
• v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
• v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
• v. To place or fix in a setting.
• v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
• v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
• v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
• v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
• v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
• v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
• v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
• v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
• v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
• v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
• n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
• n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
• n. Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
• n. Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
• n. Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
• n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
• n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
• n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
• n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending,…
• n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached…
• n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
• n. A young oyster when first attached.
• n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
• n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun).
• n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
• n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
• adj. Fixed in position.
• adj. Rigid, solidified.
• adj. Ready, prepared.
• adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
• adj. Prearranged.
• adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
• adj. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
• n. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
• n. A rudimentary fruit.
• n. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
• n. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
• n. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.).
• n. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
• n. An object made up of several parts.
• n. (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order…
• n. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
• n. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
• n. The scenery for a film or play.
• n. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
• n. (exercise (sport)) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
• n. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
• n. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
• n. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
• n. (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
• n. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is a on the board…
• v. (Britain, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability.

student

• n. A person who studies or learns about a particular academic subject.
• n. (figuratively) A person seriously devoted to some subject, whether academic or not.
• n. A person enrolled at a university.
• n. (chiefly Canada, US) A schoolchild.