Academic synonyms
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Having or showing a wide knowledge gained from reading; learned; scholarly
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- Having or showing a wide knowledge gained from reading; learned; scholarly
- Having or showing great knowledge or learning.
Pedantic, dogmatic, formal, etc.
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- Pedantic, dogmatic, formal, etc.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of Scholasticism.
- Of or relating to schools; academic:
Of or relating to scholars or scholarship
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- Of or relating to scholars or scholarship
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of scholarship:
- Of or characteristic of a scholar; learned
Given to the use of hypotheses
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- Given to the use of hypotheses
- (Philosophy) conditional; contingent upon some hypothesis/antecedent
- Based on, involving, or having the nature of a hypothesis; assumed; supposed
Of, characterized by, or having the nature of, speculation or meditation, conjecture, etc.
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- Of, characterized by, or having the nature of, speculation or meditation, conjecture, etc.
- Engaging in, given to, or involving financial speculation:
- Theoretical, not practical
educational (related)
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learned (related)
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theoretical (related)
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Literary, formal, or erudite. Used of language.
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- Literary, formal, or erudite. Used of language.
- Relying chiefly on book learning rather than practical experience; impractical or unworldly:
- Inclined to read and study; literary; scholarly
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a university don.
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- Of, relating to, or characteristic of a university don.
- Of or like a university don; specif., intellectual, bookish, pedantic, etc.
- (Of a person) Bookish, theoretical and pedantic, as opposed to practical.
Pedantic; bookish
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- Pedantic; bookish
- Affectedly or ostentatiously learned; pedantic:
Of, having the nature of, or dealing with literature
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- Of, having the nature of, or dealing with literature
- Appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing.
- Of, relating to, or dealing with literature:
Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for academic knowledge and formal rules:
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Pedantic, dogmatic, formal, etc.
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- Pedantic, dogmatic, formal, etc.
- Of schools, colleges, universities, students, teachers, and studies; educational; academic
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of Scholasticism.
Having an intellectual and affective artistic content that depends solely on intrinsic form rather than on narrative content or pictorial representation:
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- Having an intellectual and affective artistic content that depends solely on intrinsic form rather than on narrative content or pictorial representation:
- Considered apart from concrete existence:
- Not applied or practical; theoretical.
Of, characterized by, or having the nature of, speculation or meditation, conjecture, etc.
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- Of, characterized by, or having the nature of, speculation or meditation, conjecture, etc.
- Engaging in, given to, or involving financial speculation:
- Theoretical, not practical
Of or constituting theory
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- Of or constituting theory
- Restricted to theory; not practical or applied:
- Tending to theorize; speculative
attitude (related)
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flexible (related)
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teach (related)
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Find another word for academic. In this page you can discover 25 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for academic, like: erudite, scholastic, scholarly, formalistic, hypothetical, speculative, educational, learned, theoretical, bookish and donnish.
