| Main Entry: | graduate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who completes education, pursuit |
Synonyms: |
Ph.D., alum, alumnus, baccalaureate, bachelor, collegian, diplomate, doctor, former student, grad, holder, licentiate, master, product, recipient |
Antonyms: |
undergraduate |
| Main Entry: | graduate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complete education, pursuit |
Synonyms: |
be commissioned, certify, confer degree, earn, finish, get a degree, get out, give sheepskin, grant diploma, take a degree, win |
| Main Entry: | graduate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | classify, grade |
Synonyms: |
arrange, calibrate, class, group, mark off, measure, measure out, order, proportion, range, rank, regulate, sort |
| Main Entry: | expert |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | master, specialist |
Synonyms: |
ace*, adept, artist, artiste, authority, buff, connoisseur, doyen, graduate, guru*, hot shot, old hand, old pro, phenomenon, pro, professional, proficient, shark, virtuoso, whiz*, wizard |
Antonyms: |
amateur, apprentice, ignoramus, novice |
| Main Entry: | gradual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happening slowly, evenly |
Synonyms: |
bit-by-bit, by degrees, continuous, creeping, even, gentle, graduate, moderate, piecemeal, progressive, regular, slow, steady, step-by-step, successive, unhurried |
Antonyms: |
abrupt, infrequent, intermittent, sudden, uneven |
| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calculate, judge |
Synonyms: |
adapt, adjust, align, appraise, assess, average, beat, blend, bound, calibrate, caliper, check, check out, choose, compute, delimit, demarcate, determine, dope out, estimate, evaluate, even, eye*, figure, fit, gauge, gradate, grade, graduate, level, limit, line, look over, mark, mark out, mete, pace off, peg, plumb, portion, quantify, rank, rate, read, reckon, regulate, rhyme, rule, scale, shade, size, size up, sound, square, stroke, survey, tailor, take account, time, value, weigh |
Antonyms: |
estimate, guess |
| Main Entry: | promote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give a higher position in organization |
Synonyms: |
advance, aggrandize, ascend, better, dignify, elevate, ennoble, exalt, favor, graduate, honor, increase, kick upstairs, magnify, move up, prefer, raise, skip, up*, upgrade |
Antonyms: |
degrade, demote, discredit |
| Main Entry: | scale |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | measure |
Synonyms: |
adjust, balance, calibrate, compare, compute, estimate, gauge, graduate, proportion, prorate, regulate, size |
| Notes: | octave is the distance covered by any eight notes of a scale; a scale is a series of eight notes played in alphabetical order |
| Main Entry: | student |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person actively learning |
Synonyms: |
apprentice, disciple, docent, first-year student, grad, graduate, junior, learner, novice, observer, pupil, registrant, scholar, schoolchild, skill, sophomore, undergrad, undergraduate |
Antonyms: |
professor, teacher |
| Main Entry: | gradational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gradual |
Synonyms: |
bit-by-bit, by degrees, continuous, creeping, even, gentle, graduate, moderate, piecemeal, progressive, regular, slow, steady, step-by-step, successive, unhurried |