Synonyms for academic
ˌæk əˈdɛm ɪkaca·dem·ic

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1. academician, academic, faculty memberadjective

   an educator who works at a college or university

   Synonyms:
   academician, schoolman, faculty member

   Antonyms:
   unscholarly, applied

2. academicadjective

   associated with academia or an academy

   "the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns"

   Synonyms:
   donnish, pedantic

   Antonyms:
   unscholarly, applied

3. academicadjective

   hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result

   "an academic discussion"; "an academic question"

   Synonyms:
   donnish, pedantic

   Antonyms:
   unscholarly, applied

4. academic, donnish, pedanticadjective

   marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects

   Synonyms:
   donnish, pedantic

   Antonyms:
   unscholarly, applied

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1. scholastic

   Submitted by anonymous on December 15, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. academicadjective

   Synonyms:
   scholastic, literary, lettered

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1. List of paraphrases for "academic":

   university, academy, academics, universitaire, academia, university-based, scholarly, school, scholastic, theoretical, scholars, scolaire, universities, universitaires, educational, teaching, scholar, academician, scientific, university-level, academicians, formal, education

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1. ACADEMIC

   Synonyms:
   Azithromycin in Coronary Artery Disease: Elimination of Myocardial Infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae

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1. Samantha Meltzer-Brody:

   There's always a certain amount of suspicion as to what some university academic has cooked up.

2. Professor Freyd:

   Much has changed here in a short period of time, and I'm working energetically to put this incident behind us so that our students, faculty and staff can focus on our core mission of academic excellence, scientific exploration and preparing the next generation of citizens and leaders.

3. Kelly Loeffler:

   Civics curriculum is an important part of an education that prepares students for lives of leadership and service, but allowing partisan groups like The New Georgia Project to advocate for liberal policies in the classroom is wrong. Schools fail to serve the best interests of their students when they promote a political agenda and push them into partisan activism rather than academic success.

4. Dale Kuska:

   Matters of questionable academic conduct are not the norm on campus, but this case was handled as any other similar case would be, we followed our instructions, as written, during the adjudication and Honor Board procedures, through the resubmission and acceptance of the thesis.

5. Jeb Bush:

   Seems like the President's approach is that you have one-part political hack and one-part academic, what about practical people? What about people that actually have life experiences?