卒業生|そつぎょうせいsotsugyousei[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. noungraduate; alumnus; alumna
   その大学だいがくは去年きょねん５００名めいの卒業生そつぎょうせいを出だした。↗

   The university graduated 500 students last year.

• Synonym校友こうゆうNeutralLike 「卒業生」 but stresses belonging to the same school whatever the graduating class; used in terms such as 「校友会」.
• Synonym同窓生どうそうせいNeutralSomeone who studied at the same school or under the same teacher; stresses the fellow-student bond rather than graduation itself, and need not be from the same year.
• Antonym在校生ざいこうせいNeutralA student still enrolled at the school, as opposed to a 「卒業生」 who has already graduated.
• Antonym新入生しんにゅうせいNeutralA student newly admitted to a school; stands at the opposite end from 「卒業生」, who is about to or has already graduated.

Say 「卒業生」 for someone who has graduated from a school, as in 「今年の卒業生」; for someone from the same school, use 「校友」 or 「同窓生」. 「在校生」 and 「新入生」 are the opposites — students still enrolled or just entering.

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1. 学校がっこうの課程かていを修了しゅうりょうし、卒業そつぎょうする者もの。また、卒業そつぎょうした者もの。