Academic Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Academic

(Obsolete) A fellow-collegian; a colleague.

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teachery

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schoolmistressy

Resembling or characteristic of a schoolmistress.

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schoolmasterish

Resembling or characteristic of a schoolmaster.

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schoolteacherish

Resembling a stereotypical schoolteacher in some way; pedantic, patronising, etc.

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teacherish

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teachy

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A room, often in a school, where classes take place

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Inclined to read and study; literary; scholarly

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Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.

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Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for academic knowledge and formal rules:

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Of or relating to schools; academic:

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Expressing inquisitive interest:

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The definition of theoretical is something that is based on an assumption or opinion.

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Of, relating to, or based on a hypothesis:

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The definition of scholarly is something known to have a lot of knowledge or to be accurate, or someone that learns all the time.

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(Now chiefly US) A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic. [from 17th c.]

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Academia continues to provide scientific education, despite attempts to turn it into a system of professional schooling.

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booky

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Resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural.

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quodlibetic

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schoolmasterly

Befitting a schoolmaster.

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teacherlike

Resembling a teacher or some aspect of one, such as didactic behaviour.

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schoolmastering

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Of or like a university don; specif., intellectual, bookish, pedantic, etc.

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Pedantic; bookish

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Designating or of art abstracted from reality, in which designs or forms may be definite and geometric or fluid and amorphous

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Concerned with theories or hypotheses rather than with practical matters.

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Inclined to make conjectures

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Used or intended for teaching or instruction

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Stubbornly holding on to an idea without concern for practicalities or reality.

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Literate (able to read writing in letters).

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Alternative capitalization of platonic (of or relating to the philosophical views of Plato and his successors).

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postulatory

Of the nature of a postulate.

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(Proper, place, geo) the Academy (see phrase under academy)

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A private secondary or high school

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A traditional event, especially a major sporting event that is held annually:

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An address to an academic meeting or seminar.

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An event with a formal dress code.

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A condition or place, as academia, regarded as isolated or withdrawn from the practical affairs of society

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The process of formal training and instruction at a school; formal education; schooling

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A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.

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(Mormonism) The second highest office in the Aaronic priesthood, held by priesthood holders of at least the age of 14.

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faculty member

an educator who works at a college or university

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cross-disciplinary

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dryasdust

Dull and boring

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graduate-professional

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interscholastic

Involving two or more schools.

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owlish

Wise and solemn

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professorlike

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Antonyms for Academic

Commonly encountered; usual:

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Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.

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Acquired without being taught; natural

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Manifested in or involving practice:

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(--- Biology) Having no divisions or branches; not compound:

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An ignorant and stupid person

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The definition of plain is clearly understood, obvious, simple or not complicated.

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Words Related to Academic

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higher-education

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interdisciplinary

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post-graduate

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Concerned primarily with theories rather than practical matters

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Characterized by a narrow concern for book learning and formal rules, without knowledge or experience of practical matters

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Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:

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Characterized by a narrow concern for book learning and formal rules, without knowledge or experience of practical matters

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