His new movie earned him an Academy Award.
Source: tatoeba (269288)
Academy
/əˈkæd.ə.mi/
Synonyms for "academy" (46 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (13)
gymnasiumhighhigh schoolinstituteinstitutionintermediate schooljunior highjunior high schoollatin school
Noun(4 words)
Related words (23)
Noun(7 words)
lyceummiddle schoolprep schoolpreparatory schoolpublic schoolrealgymnasiumrealschulescholastic institutionschoolschulesecondary schoolseminarysenior highsenior high schoolsocietyteaching institution
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: a school, academe, college, colleges, ecole.
- Sentence evidence is available for academy, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from derived_reverse, opengloss, moby, wordnet, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "academy".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "academy"
Keep "academy" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "academy" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "academy", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "academy" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
10 entrieseducational institutionestablishmentgymnasiuminstitutionlyceelyceummiddle schoolorganizationschoolsecondary school
More specific
4 entriesarts academymilitary academypolice academyscientific academy
Collocations
6 entriesacademy awardsacademy libraryarts academymilitary academynational academypolice academy
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
5 entriesTranslations
86 translations across 63 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- akademie noun (specialized school)
Albanian
1 entries- akademi noun (specialized school)
Arabic
2 entries- أَكَادِيمِيَّة noun (specialized school)
- مَجْمَع noun (specialized school)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- akademiya noun (specialized school)
Belarusian
1 entries- акадэ́мія noun (specialized school)
Bengali
1 entries- অ্যাকাডেমি noun (specialized school)
Bulgarian
1 entries- акаде́мия noun (specialized school)
Burmese
1 entries- အကယ်ဒမီ noun (specialized school)
Catalan
1 entries- acadèmia noun (specialized school)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 學院 /学院 noun (specialized school)
Czech
1 entries- akademie noun (specialized school)
Danish
1 entries- akademi noun (specialized school)
Dutch
2 entries- academie noun (specialized school)
- academie noun (seminary)
Esperanto
1 entries- akademio noun (specialized school)
Estonian
1 entries- akadeemia noun (specialized school)
Finnish
3 entries- akatemia noun (specialized school)
- opisto noun (specialized school)
- seminaari noun (seminary)
French
1 entries- académie noun (specialized school)
Georgian
1 entries- აკადემია noun (specialized school)
German
1 entries- Akademie noun (specialized school)
Greek
2 entries- ακαδημία noun (specialized school)
- ακαδημία noun (seminary)
Hebrew
1 entries- אֲקָדֶמְיָה noun (specialized school)
Hindi
1 entries- अकादमी noun (specialized school)
Hungarian
3 entries- akadémia noun (specialized school)
- főiskola noun (specialized school)
- iskola noun (specialized school)
Indonesian
1 entries- akademi noun (specialized school)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- آکادِمی noun (specialized school)
Irish
1 entries- acadamh noun (specialized school)
Italian
2 entries- accademia noun (specialized school)
- seminario noun (seminary)
Japanese
3 entries- アカデミー noun (specialized school)
- 学院 noun (specialized school)
- 専門学校 noun (specialized school)
Kalmyk
1 entries- академ noun (specialized school)
Kazakh
1 entries- академия noun (specialized school)
Khmer
1 entries- បណ្ឌិត្យសភា noun (specialized school)
Korean
2 entries- 아카데미 noun (specialized school)
- 학원 noun (specialized school)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- академия noun (specialized school)
Lao
2 entries- ບັນດິດສະຖານ noun (specialized school)
- ວິທະຍາຄານ noun (specialized school)
Latvian
1 entries- akadēmija noun (specialized school)
Lithuanian
1 entries- akademija noun (specialized school)
Macedonian
1 entries- академија noun (specialized school)
Malay
1 entries- akademi noun (specialized school)
Mongolian
1 entries- академи noun (specialized school)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- akademi noun (specialized school)
- akademi noun (seminary)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- akademi noun (specialized school)
- akademi noun (seminary)
Pashto
1 entries- اکاډيمي noun (specialized school)
Polish
1 entries- akademia noun (specialized school)
Portuguese
2 entries- academia noun (specialized school)
- seminário noun (seminary)
Romanian
2 entries- academie noun (specialized school)
- seminar noun (seminary)
Russian
3 entries- акаде́мия noun (specialized school)
- вуз noun (specialized school)
- вы́сшее уче́бное заведе́ние noun (specialized school)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- acadamaidh noun (specialized school)
- acadamaidh noun (seminary)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- akadèmija noun (specialized school)
- акадѐмија noun (specialized school)
Slovak
1 entries- akadémia noun (specialized school)
Slovene
1 entries- akademija noun (specialized school)
Spanish
1 entries- cantera noun (specialized school)
Swedish
1 entries- akademi noun (specialized school)
Tagalog
2 entries- akademya noun (specialized school)
- talisikan noun (specialized school)
Tajik
1 entries- академия noun (specialized school)
Thai
3 entries- วิทยาคาร noun (specialized school)
- สถาบันการศึกษา noun (specialized school)
- สำนัก noun (specialized school)
Turkish
1 entries- akademi noun (specialized school)
Turkmen
1 entries- akademiýa noun (specialized school)
Ukrainian
1 entries- акаде́мія noun (specialized school)
Urdu
1 entries- اَکَیڈَمی noun (specialized school)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئاكادىمىيە noun (specialized school)
Uzbek
1 entries- akademiya noun (specialized school)
Vietnamese
1 entries- học viện noun (specialized school)
Welsh
1 entries- academi noun (specialized school)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
I'd like to hear about black magic. I was only told the highlights in the academy, and it interests me.
Source: tatoeba (329592)
With the first election of a woman into the seat of chancellor, the feminine complement of the word, "chancelière," was chosen as the Word of the Year in 2005 by the Academy of German Language.
Source: tatoeba (460324)
With the first election of a woman into the seat of Chancellorship, the word "Bundeskanzlerin," as a feminine noun for the title, was voted Word of the Year in 2005 by the Academy of German Language.
Source: tatoeba (460329)
Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "academy"?
Closest matches include a school, academe, college, colleges, ecole.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "academy"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.