thirteenth grade
noun2
Education US, Derogatory, Humorous A reference to college as nothing more than a continuation of high school, since secondary education typically ends after the twelfth grade.
- You went to community college? That's nothing but the thirteenth grade.
- Synonyms
- grade thirteen, grade 13, supersenior
- Derived terms
- thirteenth grader
- Coordinate terms
- zeroth grade, first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade, sixth grade, seventh grade, eighth grade, ninth grade, tenth grade, eleventh grade, twelfth grade