Library / English Dictionary

ALUMNUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: alumni   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

alum; alumna; alumnus; grad; graduate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("alumnus" 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 "alumnus"):

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

old boy (a former male pupil of a school)

Credits