graduating
Earning your diploma
Graduating is the process of completing a course of study and receiving a degree or diploma: She's graduating from medical school in June.
It also means progressing through stages or levels: The program uses graduating levels of difficulty.
To graduate something is to mark it with incremental measurements, as on a thermometer or measuring cup.
Covering for top
- gownLong formal garment
- diplomaAcademic completion document
- processionFormal moving line
- valedictorianTop-ranked graduating student
tassel · regalia · robes · convocation · commencement · stage · auditorium · march
Academic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- capstoneTopmost stone of structure
- finalsConcluding tests or matches
- creditsUnits toward graduation
coursework · requirements · transcript · degree · bachelor's · master's · doctorate · major
Recognition for achievement
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
- excellenceOutstanding quality or merit
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- meritDeserved praise-worthiness
valedictorian · salutatorian · summa cum laude · magna cum laude · dean's list · scholarship · award · class rank
Change from one state
- adulthoodState of being grown
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
- new chapterDistinct period starting now
- thresholdPoint of beginning
beginning · future · opportunity · aspiration · ambition · independence · next step · turning point
cap
Covering for top
- gownLong formal garment
- diplomaAcademic completion document
- processionFormal moving line
valedictorian · tassel · regalia · robes · convocation · commencement · stage · auditorium · march · conferral
thesis
Academic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- capstoneTopmost stone of structure
- finalsConcluding tests or matches
credits · coursework · requirements · transcript · degree · bachelor's · master's · doctorate · major · minor
honors
Recognition for achievement
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
- excellenceOutstanding quality or merit
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
merit · valedictorian · salutatorian · summa cum laude · magna cum laude · dean's list · scholarship · award · class rank · top of class
transition
Change from one state
- adulthoodState of being grown
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
- new chapterDistinct period starting now
threshold · beginning · future · opportunity · aspiration · ambition · independence · next step · turning point · maturity
- achievementaccomplished, accomplishing, achieved, achievement, accomplishment
- leavingdeparture, quit, walking away, withdrawing, bail
- finishingcompleting, finalizing, finishing, done, concluded
- studyingstudying, study notes, learning, study plan, study session
graduatingdropping out
Leaving before completion
withdrawing · quitting · nongraduating · failing · expelled
graduatingenrolling
Formally joining an organization
matriculating · entering · beginning · starting · freshman year
- graduation dayAcademic completion ceremony
- high school graduationSecondary education completion ceremony
- graduation ceremonyFormal academic completion event
- graduation capCeremonial academic headpiece
- graduation speechFormal talk at academic ceremony
- graduation photosPictures marking academic completion