alumnus

Questions about alumnus

What does alumnus mean?

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

How many syllables are in alumnus?

alumnus has 3 syllables: a-lum-nus. The stress falls on "lum". In IPA it is /əˈlʌmnəs/.

What is another word for alumnus?

Close synonyms include alumna, 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 alumnus a common word?

alumnus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.