GRAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grad mean? 

• GRAD (noun)
  The noun GRAD has 2 senses:

1. one-hundredth of a right angle

2. a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)

  Familiarity information: GRAD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One-hundredth of a right angle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

grad; grade

Hypernyms ("grad" is a kind of...):

angular unit (a unit of measurement for angles)

Holonyms ("grad" is a part of...):

right angle (the 90 degree angle between two perpendicular lines)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

alum; alumna; alumnus; grad; graduate

Hypernyms ("grad" is a kind of...):

bookman; scholar; scholarly person; student (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grad"):

Ivy Leaguer (a student or graduate at an Ivy League school)

old boy (a former male pupil of a school)

 Context examples 

The unit is used predominantly in German, Swedish, and other languages in which the word grad means degree.

(Gon, NCI Thesaurus)