Academic synonyms
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Part of speech:
(Obsolete) A fellow-collegian; a colleague.
booky
Academia continues to provide scientific education, despite attempts to turn it into a system of professional schooling.
schoolmasterish
Resembling or characteristic of a schoolmaster.
schoolmistressy
Resembling or characteristic of a schoolmistress.
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schoolteacherish
Resembling a stereotypical schoolteacher in some way; pedantic, patronising, etc.
teacherish
teachy
teachery
Being finicky or fastidious, especially with language.
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Resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural.
quodlibetic
thoughts (related)
Concerned primarily with theories rather than practical matters
schoolmasterly
Befitting a schoolmaster.
schoolmastering
Of, relating to, or based on a hypothesis:
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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Of or relating to schools; academic:
The definition of theoretical is something that is based on an assumption or opinion.
Inclined to read and study; literary; scholarly
Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
Expressing inquisitive interest:
(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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postgraduate (related)
undergraduate (related)
teaching (related)
higher-education (related)
educational (related)
non-academic (related)
social-science (related)
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interdisciplinary (related)
faculty (related)
student (related)
discipline (related)
practitioner (related)
institution (related)
professional (related)
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post-graduate (related)
Inclined to make conjectures
Used or intended for teaching or instruction
Stubbornly holding on to an idea without concern for practicalities or reality.
Alternative capitalization of platonic (of or relating to the philosophical views of Plato and his successors).
postulatory
Of the nature of a postulate.
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(Proper, place, geo) the Academy (see phrase under academy)
A private secondary or high school
A traditional event, especially a major sporting event that is held annually:
An address to an academic meeting or seminar.
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
The process of formal training and instruction at a school; formal education; schooling
(Mormonism) The second highest office in the Aaronic priesthood, held by priesthood holders of at least the age of 14.
ignorant (antonym)
Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
untaught (antonym)
Acquired without being taught; natural
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practical (antonym)
Manifested in or involving practice:
simple (antonym)
(--- Biology) Having no divisions or branches; not compound:
ordinary (antonym)
Commonly encountered; usual:
plain (antonym)
Straightforward; frank or candid:
ignoramus (antonym)
An ignorant and stupid person
Of or like a university don; specif., intellectual, bookish, pedantic, etc.
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
Concerned with theories or hypotheses rather than with practical matters.
attitude (related)
Characterized by a narrow concern for book learning and formal rules, without knowledge or experience of practical matters
flexible (related)
Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:
teach (related)
Characterized by a narrow concern for book learning and formal rules, without knowledge or experience of practical matters
faculty member
an educator who works at a college or university
dryasdust
Dull and boring
graduate-professional
interscholastic
Involving two or more schools.
professorlike
Find another word for academic. In this page you can discover 83 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for academic, like: collegiate, booky, erudite, formalistic, academia, schoolmasterish, schoolmistressy, schoolteacherish, teacherish, teacherlike and teachy.