graduate
NOUNVERBADJECTIVE
/grædʒəwət/
8 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH G
graduate is a valid 8-letter word worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
G2R1A1D2U1A1T1E1
2 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =10 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 20TRIPLE WORD → 30
MEANING
What does graduate mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university).
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
2
A measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts.
BROADER
NARROWER
VERB · 3 SENSES
1
Make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring.
“graduate a cylinder”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
RELATED
2
Confer an academic degree upon.
“This school graduates 2,000 students each year”
BROADER
RELATED
3
Receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies.
“She graduated in 1990”
BROADER
RELATED
ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1
Of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree.
“graduate courses”
SYNONYMS
SIMILAR