| degradation | (noun) changing to a lower state (a less respected state) | Synonyms: debasement |
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| (noun) a low or downcast state | Synonyms: abasement, abjection |
| degrader | (noun) a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins) | Synonyms: debaser |
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| digitigrade | (noun) an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses | Synonyms: digitigrade mammal |
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| downgrade | (noun) the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends | - |
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| grad | (noun) a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) | Synonyms: alum, graduate |
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| (noun) one-hundredth of a right angle | Synonyms: grade |
| gradation | (noun) the act of arranging in grades | Synonyms: graduation |
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| (noun) a degree of ablaut | Synonyms: grade |
| (noun) relative position in a graded series | Synonyms: step |
| grade | (noun) a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed | - |
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| (noun) a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality | Synonyms: degree, level |
| (noun) the gradient of a slope or road or other surface | - |
| (noun) the height of the ground on which something stands | Synonyms: ground level |
| (noun) a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) | Synonyms: mark, score |
| (noun) a degree of ablaut | Synonyms: gradation |
| (noun) a body of students who are taught together | Synonyms: class, course, form |
| (noun) one-hundredth of a right angle | Synonyms: grad |
| (noun) a relative position or degree of value in a graded group | Synonyms: level, tier |
| grader | (noun) a judge who assigns grades to something | - |
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| gradient | (noun) the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal | Synonyms: slope |
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| (noun) a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension | - |
| grading | (noun) the act of arranging in a graduated series | Synonyms: scaling |
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| (noun) evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score | Synonyms: marking, scoring |
| (noun) changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface | Synonyms: leveling |
| gradual | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass | - |
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| graduality | (noun) the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages | Synonyms: gradualness |
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| gradualness | (noun) the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages | Synonyms: graduality |
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| (noun) the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual | Synonyms: gentleness |
| graduate | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts | - |
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| (noun) a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) | Synonyms: alum, grad |
| graduation | (noun) the act of arranging in grades | Synonyms: gradation |
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| (noun) the successful completion of a program of study | - |
| (noun) a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement | - |
| (noun) an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred | Synonyms: commencement, commencement ceremony, commencement exercise, graduation exercise |
| paygrade | (noun) rank in a military organization | Synonyms: military rank, military rating, rating |
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| plantigrade | (noun) an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings | Synonyms: plantigrade mammal |
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| postgraduate | (noun) a student who continues studies after graduation | Synonyms: grad student, graduate student |
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| tardigrade | (noun) an arthropod of the division Tardigrada | - |
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| undergrad | (noun) a university student who has not yet received a first degree | Synonyms: undergraduate |
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| undergraduate | (noun) a university student who has not yet received a first degree | Synonyms: undergrad |
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| upgrade | (noun) the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components) | - |
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| (noun) hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did | - |
| (noun) the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises | Synonyms: rise, rising slope |
| (noun) a reservation that is improved | - |
| (noun) software that provides better performance than an earlier version did | - |
| (noun) an upward slope or grade (as in a road) | Synonyms: acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise |