Academic

a.	1.	Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.
	2.	Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.
n.	1.	One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist.
	2.	A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.

Noun	1.	academic - an educator who works at a college or university Synonyms: faculty member, academician
Adj.	1.	academic - associated with academia or an academy; "the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns"
	2.	academic - hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result; "an academic discussion"; "an academic question"
	3.	academic - marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects Synonyms: donnish, pedantic

abstract, armchair, book-learned, booky, chimerical, classroom, closet, collegiate, conjectural, cross-disciplinary, devoted to studies, diligent, donnish, dryasdust, extramural, graduate, graduate-professional, hypothetic, hypothetical, ideal, idealistic, imaginary, impractical, interdisciplinary, interscholastic, intramural, ivory-tower, lettered, mandarin, moot, notional, owlish, pedagogic, pedagogical, pedantic, postgraduate, postulatory, preceptorial, preschool, professional, professorial, professorlike, rabbinic, scholastic, school, schoolish, schoolmastering, schoolmasterish, schoolmasterlike, schoolmasterly, schoolmistressy, schoolteacherish, schoolteachery, speculative, studious, teacherish, teacherlike, teachery, teachy, tutorial, university, unpractical, unrealistic, utopian, visionary

Definitions Index: # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

About this site and copyright information - Online Dictionary Home - Privacy Policy