Graduate and Professional

Graduate

Graduate noun - A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university).

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Professional and graduate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Professional" instead a noun "Graduate".

Professional noun - A person engaged in one of the learned professions.

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Graduate and professional are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Graduate" instead a noun "Professional".

old	old graduate	old professional
young	young graduate	young professional
former	former graduate	former professional
later	later graduate	later professional
Other adjectives: last, prim, medical.

Coronation Street graduate and professional Ms.

Source: Page Three Stunna
Buster Bluth from Arrested Development used his family's wealth to become a "professional" graduate student well into his 30s.

Source: A Degree in Useless
Unlike Peggy, an SSR agent, Dottie is a professional assassin and graduate of the Black Widow program.

Source: Series / Agent Carter

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