a. | 1. | Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; |
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. | ![]() 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 |