academic
adjective
[ akəˈdɛmɪk ]
• relating to education and scholarship.
• "academic achievement"
Similar:
educational,
scholastic,
instructional,
pedagogical,
school,
college,
collegiate,
university,
scholarly,
studious,
literary,
well read,
intellectual,
clever,
erudite,
learned,
educated,
cultured,
bookish,
highbrow,
pedantic,
donnish,
cerebral,
serious,
brainy,
lettered,
• not of practical relevance; of only theoretical interest.
• "the debate has been largely academic"
Similar:
theoretical,
conceptual,
notional,
philosophical,
unpragmatic,
hypothetical,
speculative,
conjectural,
conjectured,
suppositional,
putative,
indefinite,
abstract,
vague,
general,
impractical,
unrealistic,
ivory-tower,
irrelevant,
useless,
suppositious,
suppositive,
ideational,
academic
noun
• a teacher or scholar in a university or other institute of higher education.
• "the EU offers grants to academics for research on approved projects"
Similar:
scholar,
lecturer,
don,
teacher,
educator,
instructor,
trainer,
tutor,
professor,
fellow,
man/woman of letters,
highbrow,
thinker,
bluestocking,
egghead,
bookworm,
pedagogue,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from French académique or medieval Latin academicus, from academia (see academy).
