adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or being an undergraduate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
After completing my undergraduate studies, I embarked on a career in publishing.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A student at a university who has not yet received a degree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a university student who has not yet received a first degree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: undergrad
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: collegian, college man, college boy
Narrower terms: co-ed, college girl, lowerclassman, underclassman, senior
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English graduate English undergraduate From under- + graduate.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
студентски
(studentski)
— of being an undergraduate
Chinese Mandarin:
本科
(běnkē)
— of being an undergraduate
Finnish:
perusopiskelijan
— of being an undergraduate
Malay:
prasiswazah
— of being an undergraduate
Portuguese:
de graduação
— of being an undergraduate
Serbo-Croatian:
preddiplomsko
— of being an undergraduate
Vietnamese:
đại học
— of being an undergraduate
Bulgarian:
студе́нт
(studént)
— student at a university who has not yet received a degree
Chinese Mandarin:
本科生
(běnkēshēng)
— student at a university who has not yet received a degree
Finnish:
perusopiskelija
— student at a university who has not yet received a degree
French:
étudiant de licence
— student at a university who has not yet received a degree
Galician:
universitario
— student at a university who has not yet received a degree
Galician:
universitaria
— student at a university who has not yet received a degree
German:
Student
— student at a university who has not yet received a degree
Greek:
προπτυχιακός
(proptychiakós)
— student at a university who has not yet received a degree
Hindi:
पूर्वस्नातक
(pūrvasnātak)
— student at a university who has not yet received a degree
Hungarian:
egyetemista
— student at a university who has not yet received a degree
Hungarian:
egyetemi hallgató
— student at a university who has not yet received a degree
Hungarian:
felsőoktatási intézmény hallgatója
— student at a university who has not yet received a degree
Irish:
fochéimí
— student at a university who has not yet received a degree
Italian:
laureando
— student at a university who has not yet received a degree
Macedonian:
додипломец
(dodiplomec)
— student at a university who has not yet received a degree
Manx:
fo-cheimee
— student at a university who has not yet received a degree
Portuguese:
estudante de graduação
— student at a university who has not yet received a degree
Portuguese:
graduando
— student at a university who has not yet received a degree
Russian:
студе́нт
(studént)
— student at a university who has not yet received a degree
Spanish:
estudiante universitario no licenciado
— student at a university who has not yet received a degree
Swedish:
student
— student at a university who has not yet received a degree
Turkish:
lisans öğrencisi
— student at a university who has not yet received a degree
Turkish:
üniversite öğrencisi
— student at a university who has not yet received a degree