Academic

Adjective

 * 1) Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning.
 * 2) Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the academic sect or philosophy.
 * 3) Being scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.
 * 4) Conforming to set rules and traditions.
 * 5) Having an aptitude for study.
 * 6)  Having no practical importance.

Noun

 * 1) A member of the Academy; a follower of Plato, a Platonist.
 * 2) A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.
 * 3) A person who attends an academy.

Adverbs for Academic
incurably; consistently; abstrusely; formally; formidably; illusively; evasively; impracticably; idealistically; impractically; remotely; uselessly; patently; frankly: uncomfortably; completely;  dangerously; intrinsically;  vaguely;  fantastically; unfortunately; dreamily; unserviceably; worthlessly.

Synonyms for Academic
learned, literary, scholastic, scholarly, lettered, pedantic, collegiate, theoretical, formal.

Antonyms for Academic
ignorant, illiterate, practical.

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

Etymology
From both the academicus: and the  académique:; compare academy:.

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/%{k@"dEmIk/}}

Derived terms

 * academic advantage
 * academic disadvantage
 * academic institution


 * academic question
 * academic degree
 * academic discipline

Related terms

 * academia
 * academical
 * academically
 * academically disadvantaged


 * academicals
 * academism
 * academist
 * academy

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Dutch: academisch, universitair
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 学問の, 大学の
 * Norwegian:
 * Romanian: universitar, universitară, academic
 * Spanish: académico
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch:
 * Greek:, πλατωνικός


 * Japanese: プラトン学派の


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ido: academiala


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 人文的な
 * Norwegian:
 * Romanian: academic, academică


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek: θεωρητικός,
 * Japanese: 非現実的な


 * Norwegian:
 * Spanish: teórico
 * Swedish:


 * : académique, , scolaire ,
 * : אקדמי (aqademi), אקדמית (aqademit)
 * : academic, scholar
 * : academic, academică , academici , academice  , şcolar , şcolară , şcolari  , şcolare


 * Danish:
 * Dutch: universitair
 * Finnish: (yliopiston) professori/opettaja/tutkija etc., akateemikko
 * Greek:


 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Spanish: académico, escolar
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: yliopisto-opiskelija, opiskelija, (yliopiston) professori/opettaja/tutkija etc., akateemikko (rarely)


 * Japanese:, 大学生
 * Norwegian:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: πλατωνιστής
 * Japanese: プラトン学派の人
 * : universitaire
 * : විද්වතා


 * : académico, escolar

Adjective
academic


 * 1) academic

Adjective

 * 1) academic