alumna

Questions about alumna

What does alumna mean?

alumna means "a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)".

How many syllables are in alumna?

alumna has 3 syllables: a-lum-na. The stress falls on "lum". In IPA it is /əˈlʌmnə/.

What is another word for alumna?

Close synonyms include alumnus, alum, graduate, grad. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alumna a common word?

alumna is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.