The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ALUM , but the solution may also be GRADUATE which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in New York Times).
Degree recipient crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ALUM | 33 % | 4 |
| GRADUATE | 33 % | 8 |
| CONFEREE | 33 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Degree recipient
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- alum
- conferee
- honorary degree
- best
- diploma
- for
- grad
- graduate
- par
- laureate
- lawyer
- forward
Crossword Answer definitions
ALUM noun- An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K2SO4·Al2(SO4)3·24H2O).
- Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly or partly replaced by other univalent or tervalent cations.
- To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.
- (shortening) A past attendee or graduate (of either gender) of a college, university or other educational institution.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ALUM
- Fund-drive contact, perhaps
- Grad
- Graduate, for short
- Reunion attendee
- Topical astringent
- University grad
- Astringent
- Reunion member
- Styptic agent
- Homecoming attendee
More clues leading to the result GRADUATE
- Move into the real world, so to speak
- Man in a gown, maybe
- Reunion attendee
- Change little by little
- Earn a diploma
- Diploma recipient
- Cap-and-gown wearer
- One happy to have no class?
- Sheepskin recipient
- None do this from Dotheboys Hall.