Meanings
plural undergraduates
- A student at a university who has not yet received a degree.
Daniel Hajas is a physics undergraduate at Sussex and has been blind since he was 16. He first heard about Giles and the SSDs when Giles was looking for blind students to test the devices.
2017 October 10, Vanessa Potter, “My sudden synesthesia: how I went blind and started hearing colors”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Aug 20251 more example
It’s commonly cited that undergraduates are significantly smarter than average, with IQs ranging from 115 to 130. […] The decline in undergraduate IQs might just be another indication that the worth of a college degree has been hollowed out over time.
2024 January 23, Ross Pomeroy, “Why College Students' Average IQ Has Fallen 17 Points Since 1939”, in RealClearScience, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2024
- not comparableOf, relating to, or being an undergraduate.
After completing my undergraduate studies, I embarked on a career in publishing.
Synonyms: pregraduate
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf, relating to, or being an undergraduate.
antonym(s) of “student, adjective”
antonym(s) of “student”
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
- Proto-Germanic*under
- Proto-West Germanic*undar
- Old Englishunder-
- Middle Englishunder-
- Englishunder-
- Englishgraduate
- Englishundergraduate
Translations
Bulgarian студе́нт, студентски
- студе́нт (studént)student at a university who has not yet received a degree
- студентски (studentski)of being an undergraduate
Chinese Mandarin 本科生, 本科
- 本科生 (běnkēshēng)student at a university who has not yet received a degree
- 本科 (běnkē)of being an undergraduate
Finnish perusopiskelija, perusopiskelijan
- perusopiskelijastudent at a university who has not yet received a degree
- perusopiskelijanof being an undergraduate
French étudiant de licence
- étudiant de licencestudent at a university who has not yet received a degree
German Student
- Studentstudent at a university who has not yet received a degree
Greek προπτυχιακός
- προπτυχιακός (proptychiakós)student at a university who has not yet received a degree
Hindi पूर्वस्नातक
- पूर्वस्नातक (pūrvasnātak)student at a university who has not yet received a degree
Hungarian egyetemista, egyetemi hallgató
- egyetemistastudent at a university who has not yet received a degree
- egyetemi hallgatóstudent at a university who has not yet received a degree
- felsőoktatási intézmény hallgatójastudent at a university who has not yet received a degree
Irish fochéimí
- fochéimístudent at a university who has not yet received a degree
Italian laureando
- laureandostudent at a university who has not yet received a degree
Malay prasiswazah
- prasiswazahof being an undergraduate
Polish licencjant, licencjantka
- licencjantstudent at a university who has not yet received a degree
- licencjantkastudent at a university who has not yet received a degree
- przeddyplomowyof being an undergraduate
Portuguese estudante de graduação, graduando
- estudante de graduaçãostudent at a university who has not yet received a degree
- graduandostudent at a university who has not yet received a degree
- de graduaçãoof being an undergraduate
Russian студе́нт
- студе́нт (studént)student at a university who has not yet received a degree
Spanish estudiante universitario no licenciado
- estudiante universitario no licenciadostudent at a university who has not yet received a degree
Swedish student
- studentstudent at a university who has not yet received a degree
Turkish lisans öğrencisi, üniversite öğrencisi
- lisans öğrencisistudent at a university who has not yet received a degree
- üniversite öğrencisistudent at a university who has not yet received a degree
Vietnamese đại học
- đại họcof being an undergraduate
Cite this entry
undergraduate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undergraduate
“undergraduate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undergraduate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undergraduate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undergraduate.
Source: undergraduate on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.