Other forms: grads
A grad is somebody who has completed a course of study. A recent grad, grad school, a maths grad.
It is campus slang, chiefly American, and grad school is much the commonest use — the study taken after a first degree, which Britain calls postgraduate. In Britain the whole word is usually kept, and graduate is what people say.
1noungradSomebody who has completed a course of study.
“The company hires a lot of recent grads straight out of college.”
grad is a person.