Meanings
nounpostgraduate (plural postgraduates)
plural postgraduates
- A person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course.
Synonyms: postgrad, graduate student, PG
adjectivepostgraduate (not comparable)
- not comparableOf studies which take place after having successfully completed a degree course.
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In May, a proclamation was issued specifically targeting Chinese nationals and denying them F and J visas used to attend graduate and postgraduate programs in the US. Trump’s new action suspends the issuance of new visas H-1B visas for professional workers; H-2Bs for non-agricultural seasonal workers, J-1s for cultural exchanges and L-1s for intracompany transfers.
2020 June 23, Ushma S. Neill, “The hidden health cost of Trump’s visa freeze”, in CNN
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course.
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nouna student who continues studies after graduation
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pós
- Proto-Indo-European*pósti
- Proto-Italic*posti
- Old Latinposte
- Latinpost
- Englishpost-
- Englishgraduate
- Englishpostgraduate
Translations
Bulgarian аспирант, докторант
- аспирант (aspirant)a person continuing to study after completing a degree
- докторант (doktorant)a person continuing to study after completing a degree
- следдипломен (sleddiplomen)of studies taking place after completing a degree
Chinese Mandarin 研究生, 研究生的
- 研究生 (yánjiūshēng)a person continuing to study after completing a degree
- 研究生的 (yánjiūshēng de)of studies taking place after completing a degree
Finnish jatko-opiskelija, jatko-opinto-
- jatko-opiskelijaa person continuing to study after completing a degree
- jatko-opinto-of studies taking place after completing a degree
German Aufbau-, Graduierten-
- Aufbau-of studies taking place after completing a degree
- Graduierten-of studies taking place after completing a degree
- Doktoranden-of studies taking place after completing a degree
- weiterführendof studies taking place after completing a degree
- postgradualof studies taking place after completing a degree
Greek μεταπτυχιακός φοιτητής, μεταπτυχιακός
- μεταπτυχιακός φοιτητής (metaptychiakós foititís)a person continuing to study after completing a degree
- μεταπτυχιακός (metaptychiakós)of studies taking place after completing a degree
Hindi स्नातकोत्तर, स्नातकोत्तर
- स्नातकोत्तर (snātkottar)a person continuing to study after completing a degree
- स्नातकोत्तर (snātkottar)of studies taking place after completing a degree
Hungarian PhD-hallgató, doktorandusz
- PhD-hallgatóa person continuing to study after completing a degree
- doktorandusza person continuing to study after completing a degree
- posztgraduálisof studies taking place after completing a degree
Indonesian pascasarjana
- pascasarjanaof studies taking place after completing a degree
Irish iarchéimí
- iarchéimía person continuing to study after completing a degree
Japanese 院生, 研究生
- 院生 (insei)a person continuing to study after completing a degree
- 研究生 (kenkyūsei)a person continuing to study after completing a degree
- 大学院生 (daigakuinsei)a person continuing to study after completing a degree
Korean 원생
- 원생 (wonsaeng)a person continuing to study after completing a degree
Malay pascasiswazah, pascasiswazah
- pascasiswazaha person continuing to study after completing a degree
- pascasiswazahof studies taking place after completing a degree
Polish magistrant, magistrantka
- magistranta person continuing to study after completing a degree
- magistrantkaa person continuing to study after completing a degree
- podyplomowyof studies taking place after completing a degree
Portuguese pós-graduando
- pós-graduandoa person continuing to study after completing a degree
Russian аспира́нт, аспира́нтка
- аспира́нт (aspiránt)a person continuing to study after completing a degree
- аспира́нтка (aspirántka)a person continuing to study after completing a degree
- послеву́зовский (poslevúzovskij)of studies taking place after completing a degree
Scottish Gaelic for-cheumnaiche
- for-cheumnaichea person continuing to study after completing a degree
Spanish postgraduado, estudiante de postgrado
- postgraduadoa person continuing to study after completing a degree
- estudiante de postgradoa person continuing to study after completing a degree
- postgraduadoof studies taking place after completing a degree
- de postgradoof studies taking place after completing a degree
Swedish forskarstuderande, doktorand
- forskarstuderandea person continuing to study after completing a degree
- doktoranda person continuing to study after completing a degree
Vietnamese cao học
- cao họcof studies taking place after completing a degree
Yiddish אַספּיראַנט, אַספּיראַנטקע
- אַספּיראַנט (aspirant)a person continuing to study after completing a degree
- אַספּיראַנטקע (aspirantke)a person continuing to study after completing a degree
Cite this entry
APA
postgraduate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postgraduate
MLA
“postgraduate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postgraduate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postgraduate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postgraduate.
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