Academic

//ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪk//

Synonyms for "academic" (89 found)

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Closest matches (18)

Noun(1 words)
academician

Strong matches (27)

Adjective(1 words)
donnish

Related words (44)

Adjective(1 words)
pedantic
Noun(1 words)
scholar

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

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Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

9 entries

capable of

1 entries

coordinate

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derived

39 entries

Showing 16 of 39 words.

etymologically related_to

1 entries

has context

2 entries

is a

3 entries

related to

39 entries

Showing 16 of 39 words.

similar

3 entries

Translations

187 translations across 45 languages.

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Arabic

4 entries
  • أَكَادِيمِيّ adj (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato)
  • أَكَادِيمِيّ adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • أَكَادِيمِيّ adj (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational)
  • أَكَادِيمِيّ adj (having an aptitude for learning)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • акадэмі́чны adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • академичен adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • академичен adj (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational)
  • академик noun (senior member of an academy, college, or university)

Catalan

4 entries
  • acadèmic adj (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato)
  • acadèmic adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • acadèmic noun (Platonist)
  • acadèmic noun (senior member of an academy, college, or university)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 學術的 /学术的 adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)

Czech

1 entries
  • akademický adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)

Danish

4 entries
  • akademisk adj (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato)
  • akademisk adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • boglig adj (having an aptitude for learning)
  • akademiker noun (senior member of an academy, college, or university)

Dutch

4 entries
  • academisch adj (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato)
  • academisch adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • academisch adj (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational)
  • universitair adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • akademia adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)

Finnish

4 entries
  • akateeminen adj (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato)
  • akateeminen adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • akateeminen adj (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational)
  • akateeminen adj (having an aptitude for learning)

French

4 entries
  • académique adj (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato)
  • académique adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • universitaire adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • universitaire noun (senior member of an academy, college, or university)

Friulian

2 entries
  • academic adj (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato)
  • academic adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)

Georgian

1 entries
  • აკადემიკოსი adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)

German

3 entries
  • akademisch adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • akademisch adj (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational)
  • intellektuell adj (having an aptitude for learning)

Greek

4 entries
  • ακαδημαϊκός adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • ακαδημαϊκός adj (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational)
  • πλατωνικός adj (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato)
  • ακαδημαϊκός noun (senior member of an academy, college, or university)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • אָקָדֵמִי adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • אקדמאי noun (senior member of an academy, college, or university)
  • חבר אקדמיה noun (senior member of an academy, college, or university)
  • חבר אקדמיה noun (member of the Academy)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • akadémikus adj (so scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world)
  • akadémista adj (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato)
  • akadémista adj (conforming to set rules and traditions)
  • bölcsészeti adj (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • akademískur adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • fræðilegur adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • fræðilegur adj (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational)

Ido

2 entries
  • academiala adj (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational)
  • akademiala adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • akademik adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • akademis adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)

Irish

4 entries
  • acadúil adj (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational)
  • acadóir noun (senior member of an academy, college, or university)
  • bean léinn noun (senior member of an academy, college, or university)
  • fear léinn noun (senior member of an academy, college, or university)

Italian

2 entries
  • accademico adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • accademico adj (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational)

Japanese

4 entries
  • プラトン学派の adj (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato)
  • 人文的な adj (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational)
  • 大学の adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • 学問の adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)

Korean

4 entries
  • 아카데미아의 adj (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato)
  • 전통적인 adj (conforming to set rules and traditions)
  • 플라톤 학파의 adj (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato)
  • 학구적인 adj (having an aptitude for learning)

Latvian

1 entries
  • akadēmisks adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • വിദ്യാഭ്യാസ adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)

Māori

1 entries
  • ngaio noun (senior member of an academy, college, or university)

Norwegian

3 entries
  • akademisk adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • akademisk adj (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational)
  • akademiker noun (person who attends an academy)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • akademiker noun (senior member of an academy, college, or university)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • akademikar noun (senior member of an academy, college, or university)

Persian

1 entries
  • دانشگاهی adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)

Polish

4 entries
  • akademicki adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • akademicki adj (conforming to set rules and traditions)
  • akademiczka noun (person who attends an academy)
  • akademik noun (Platonist)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • académico adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • acadêmico adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • platónico adj (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato)
  • platônico adj (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato)

Romanian

3 entries
  • academic adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • academic adj (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational)
  • universitar adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)

Russian

2 entries
  • академи́ческий adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • университе́тский adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)

Semai

1 entries
  • ekedemik adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • akàdemskī adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • akàdemskī adj (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational)
  • teòretskī adj (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational)
  • škòlskī adj (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational)

Spanish

3 entries
  • académico adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • académico noun (senior member of an academy, college, or university)
  • escolar noun (senior member of an academy, college, or university)

Swedish

2 entries
  • akademisk adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • akademiker noun (senior member of an academy, college, or university)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • pantalisikan adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • pantalisikan adj (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational)
  • talisiknin adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)
  • talisiknin adj (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational)

Thai

2 entries
  • นักวิชาการ noun (senior member of an academy, college, or university)
  • นักศึกษา noun (person who attends an academy)

Turkish

2 entries
  • akademisyen noun (senior member of an academy, college, or university)
  • bilim işçisi noun (senior member of an academy, college, or university)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • академі́чний adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • học thuật adj (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)

Welsh

4 entries
  • academaidd adj (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato)
  • academaidd adj (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational)
  • academaidd adj (having an aptitude for learning)
  • academaidd adj (so scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world)

Sample sentences

33 total sentences available.

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Debate is an academic game between the affirmative and the negative.

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More often than not, students prefer club activities to academic classes.

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This revision of Darwin's ideas came under fire from academic positions.

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However, in America, sports teams are generally chosen by skill, and academic courses by ability.

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