University

//junɪˈvɜːsəti//

Synonyms for "university" (43 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (9)

college varsity academe academia academic academy alma mater classroom

Noun(1 words)

academy

Strong matches (13)

Noun(2 words)

college institute

college of engineering collegiate community college degree-granting institution extramural four-year college graduate school institute institute of technology institution interscholastic

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

12 relation types

More general

5 entries

body educational institution establishment institution school

More specific

10 entries

merit badge university penny university plate-glass university professional university red brick university redbrick university technical university technological university university of applied sciences university of technology

Synonyms

5 entries

academy college institute uni varsity

Related terms

6 entries

Wikiversity graduate school undergraduate universal universe university student

at location

2 entries

chemistry lab florida

capable of

5 entries

consist of several colleges honor good students honor researcher with award raise admission standards require studying

derived

16 entries

Jewniversity University City corporate university free university nigger university univershitty university belt university college university extension university of life university of the streets university professor university student university town varsity vocational university

has a

1 entries

classrooms

is a

16 entries

academy body degree granting institution educational institution educational organization establishment institution large school organization place place for learning and research place where go students research organization school unnatural thing where people learn

part of

1 entries

academia

related to

17 entries

big big college buildings college college or degree education europe getting getting degree high like like college many buildings professors universal

Showing 16 of 17 words.

used for

15 entries

center of learning cooperation degree education gain of knowledge hub of thought increasing human knowledge learn learn things teach things do research learning research specialized learning study study experiments teaching who have completed high school

Translations

216 translations across 142 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

universiteit noun (institution of higher education)

Albanian

2 entries

fakulltet noun (institution of higher education)
universitet noun (institution of higher education)

Algerian Arabic

1 entries

جَامِيعَة noun (institution of higher education)

Amharic

1 entries

ዩኒቨርሲቲ noun (institution of higher education)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

πανεπιστήμιον noun (institution of higher education)

Arabic

4 entries

جامعة noun (institution of higher education)
جامعة noun (institution of higher education)
جامْعة noun (institution of higher education)
جَامِعَة noun (institution of higher education)

Aragonese

1 entries

universidat noun (institution of higher education)

Armenian

1 entries

համալսարան noun (institution of higher education)

Aromanian

1 entries

univirsitati noun (institution of higher education)

Assamese

1 entries

বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় noun (institution of higher education)

Asturian

1 entries

universidá noun (institution of higher education)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

danişgah noun (institution of higher education)
darülfünun noun (institution of higher education)
universitet noun (institution of higher education)

Basque

1 entries

unibertsitate noun (institution of higher education)

Belarusian

2 entries

універсітэ́т noun (institution of higher education)
унівэрсытэ́т noun (institution of higher education)

Bengali

2 entries

জামেয়া noun (institution of higher education)
বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় noun (institution of higher education)

Breton

1 entries

skol-veur noun (institution of higher education)

Bulgarian

1 entries

университе́т noun (institution of higher education)

Burmese

1 entries

တက္ကသိုလ် noun (institution of higher education)

Catalan

1 entries

universitat noun (institution of higher education)

Central Kurdish

4 entries

جامْعە noun (institution of higher education)
دانْشگا noun (institution of higher education)
زانْستگا noun (institution of higher education)
زانْستگە noun (institution of higher education)

Chamorro

1 entries

unibetsedåt noun (institution of higher education)

Chechen

2 entries

говзарт noun (institution of higher education)
университет noun (institution of higher education)

Chinese

2 entries

дащүә noun (institution of higher education)
大學 /大学 noun (institution of higher education)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

大學 /大学 noun (institution of higher education)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

大學 /大学 noun (institution of higher education)

Cornish

2 entries

pennskol noun (institution of higher education)
universita noun (institution of higher education)

Corsican

1 entries

università noun (institution of higher education)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries

darulfunun noun (institution of higher education)
universitet noun (institution of higher education)

Czech

3 entries

univerzita noun (institution of higher education)
vysoká škola noun (institution of higher education)
vysoké učení noun (institution of higher education)

Danish

1 entries

universitet noun (institution of higher education)

Dari

2 entries

دَانِشْگَاه noun (institution of higher education)
پوهَنْتُون noun (institution of higher education)

Dutch

3 entries

unief noun (institution of higher education)
universitair noun (institution of higher education)
universiteit noun (institution of higher education)

Esperanto

1 entries

universitato noun (institution of higher education)

Estonian

1 entries

ülikool noun (institution of higher education)

Faroese

2 entries

fróðskaparsetur noun (institution of higher education)
universitet noun (institution of higher education)

Finnish

1 entries

yliopisto noun (institution of higher education)

French

3 entries

fac noun (institution of higher education)
univ noun (institution of higher education)
université noun (institution of higher education)

Friulian

1 entries

universitât noun (institution of higher education)

Fula

2 entries

jaaɓi haartide noun (institution of higher education)
𞤶𞤢𞥄𞤩𞤭 𞤸𞤢𞥄𞤪𞤼𞤭𞤣𞤫 noun (institution of higher education)

Galician

1 entries

universidade noun (institution of higher education)

Georgian

1 entries

უნივერსიტეტი noun (institution of higher education)

German

3 entries

Hochschule noun (institution of higher education)
Uni noun (institution of higher education)
Universität noun (institution of higher education)

Gilaki

1 entries

دانشگا noun (institution of higher education)

Greek

1 entries

πανεπιστήμιο noun (institution of higher education)

Greenlandic

2 entries

ilisimatusarfik noun (institution of higher education)
universiteti noun (institution of higher education)

Gujarati

1 entries

યુનિવર્સિટી noun (institution of higher education)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

inivèsite noun (institution of higher education)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

大學 /大学 noun (institution of higher education)

Hausa

1 entries

jami'a noun (institution of higher education)

Hawaiian

1 entries

kulanui noun (institution of higher education)

Hebrew

1 entries

אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה noun (institution of higher education)

Hindi

2 entries

यूनिवर्सिटी noun (institution of higher education)
विश्वविद्यालय noun (institution of higher education)

Hungarian

2 entries

egyetem noun (institution of higher education)
tudományegyetem noun (institution of higher education)

Icelandic

1 entries

háskóli noun (institution of higher education)

Ido

1 entries

universitato noun (institution of higher education)

Indonesian

2 entries

universitas noun (institution of higher education)
universitet noun (institution of higher education)

Ingrian

2 entries

universitetta noun (institution of higher education)
ylioppi noun (institution of higher education)

Interlingua

1 entries

universitate noun (institution of higher education)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

دانِشْگاه noun (institution of higher education)

Irish

1 entries

ollscoil noun (institution of higher education)

Italian

4 entries

accademia noun (institution of higher education)
ateneo noun (institution of higher education)
collegio noun (institution of higher education)
istituto noun (institution of higher education)

Japanese

2 entries

大学 noun (institution of higher education)
大学校 noun (institution of higher education)

Jeju

1 entries

대ᄒᆞᆨ교 noun (institution of higher education)

Juba Arabic

1 entries

jama noun (institution of higher education)

Kalmyk

1 entries

ик сурһуль noun (institution of higher education)

Kannada

2 entries

ಕಲಿವೀಡು noun (institution of higher education)
ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯ noun (institution of higher education)

Kazakh

1 entries

университет noun (institution of higher education)

Khmer

2 entries

មហាវិទ្យាល័យ noun (institution of higher education)
សាកលវិទ្យាល័យ noun (institution of higher education)

Korean

2 entries

대학 noun (institution of higher education)
대학교 noun (institution of higher education)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

университет noun (institution of higher education)

Ladino

1 entries

universita noun (institution of higher education)

Lao

1 entries

ມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລ noun (institution of higher education)

Latin

2 entries

studium generale noun (institution of higher education)
universitas noun (institution of higher education)

Latvian

2 entries

augstskola noun (institution of higher education)
universitāte noun (institution of higher education)

Lithuanian

1 entries

universitetas noun (institution of higher education)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

uniwersita noun (institution of higher education)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Universitéit noun (institution of higher education)

Macedonian

1 entries

универзите́т noun (institution of higher education)

Malay

3 entries

madrasah jamiah noun (institution of higher education)
menara gading noun (institution of higher education)
universiti noun (institution of higher education)

Malayalam

3 entries

യൂണിവേഴ്സിറ്റി noun (institution of higher education)
യൂനിവേഴ്സിറ്റി noun (institution of higher education)
സർവ്വകലാശാല noun (institution of higher education)

Maltese

1 entries

università noun (institution of higher education)

Manchu

1 entries

ᠠᠮᠪᠠ ᡨᠠᠴᡳᡴᡡ noun (institution of higher education)

Manx

1 entries

olloo-scoill noun (institution of higher education)

Marathi

2 entries

युनिव्हर्सिटी noun (institution of higher education)
विद्यापीठ noun (institution of higher education)

Mongolian

1 entries

их сургууль noun (institution of higher education)

Norman

2 entries

euniversitaé noun (institution of higher education)
unnivèrsité noun (institution of higher education)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

zanko noun (institution of higher education)
zanîngeh noun (institution of higher education)

Northern Sami

1 entries

universitehtta noun (institution of higher education)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

universitet noun (institution of higher education)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

universitet noun (institution of higher education)

Occitan

1 entries

universitat noun (institution of higher education)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

دَارُ الفُنُون noun (institution of higher education)

Pashto

1 entries

پوهنتون noun (institution of higher education)

Polish

3 entries

uczelnia noun (institution of higher education)
uniwersytet noun (institution of higher education)
wszechnica noun (institution of higher education)

Portuguese

1 entries

universidade noun (institution of higher education)

Punjabi

2 entries

یُونِیوَرْسِٹی noun (institution of higher education)
ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ noun (institution of higher education)

Quechua

1 entries

jatun yachay wasi noun (institution of higher education)

Romanian

1 entries

universitate noun (institution of higher education)

Romansch

1 entries

universitad noun (institution of higher education)

Russian

1 entries

университе́т noun (institution of higher education)

Rwanda-Rundi

1 entries

kaminuza noun (institution of higher education)

Scots

1 entries

varsitie noun (institution of higher education)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

oilthigh noun (institution of higher education)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

sveùčilīšte noun (institution of higher education)
univerzìtēt noun (institution of higher education)
свеу̀чилӣште noun (institution of higher education)
универзѝте̄т noun (institution of higher education)

Shan

4 entries

တၵ်ႈၵသူဝ်ႇ noun (institution of higher education)
တၵ်ႉၵသူဝ်ႇ noun (institution of higher education)
ၸၼ်ႉၸွမ် noun (institution of higher education)
ႁူင်းႁဵၼ်းၸၼ်ႉၸွမ် noun (institution of higher education)

Sicilian

2 entries

univirsitati noun (institution of higher education)
univirsità noun (institution of higher education)

Sindhi

1 entries

ڪاليج noun (institution of higher education)

Sinhalese

2 entries

විශ්ව විද්යාලය noun (institution of higher education)
විශ්වවිද්යාල noun (institution of higher education)

Slovak

1 entries

univerzita noun (institution of higher education)

Slovene

1 entries

univerza noun (institution of higher education)

Somali

1 entries

jaamacad noun (institution of higher education)

Sotho

1 entries

yunibesiti noun (institution of higher education)

Spanish

1 entries

universidad noun (institution of higher education)

Sudanese Arabic

1 entries

جامعة noun (institution of higher education)

Swabian

1 entries

Universidäd noun (institution of higher education)

Swahili

1 entries

chuo kikuu noun (institution of higher education)

Swedish

2 entries

högskola noun (institution of higher education)
universitet noun (institution of higher education)

Tagalog

2 entries

pamantasan noun (institution of higher education)
unibersidad noun (institution of higher education)

Tajik

1 entries

донишгоҳ noun (institution of higher education)

Tamil

1 entries

பல்கலைக்கழகம் noun (institution of higher education)

Tatar

1 entries

университет noun (institution of higher education)

Telugu

1 entries

విశ్వవిద్యాలయము noun (institution of higher education)

Thai

1 entries

มหาวิทยาลัย noun (institution of higher education)

Tibetan

1 entries

སློབ་གྲྭ་ཆེན་མོ noun (institution of higher education)

Tok Pisin

1 entries

yunivesiti noun (institution of higher education)

Tumbuka

1 entries

yunivesite noun (institution of higher education)

Turkish

2 entries

darülfünun noun (institution of higher education)
üniversite noun (institution of higher education)

Turkmen

1 entries

uniwersitet noun (institution of higher education)

Ukrainian

1 entries

університе́т noun (institution of higher education)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

uniwersita noun (institution of higher education)

Urdu

4 entries

جامِعَہ noun (institution of higher education)
دار الفنون noun (institution of higher education)
دارُ الْعُلُوم noun (institution of higher education)
دانِش گاہ noun (institution of higher education)

Uyghur

3 entries

ئالىي مەكتەپ noun (institution of higher education)
ئۇنىۋېرسىتېت noun (institution of higher education)
داشۆ noun (institution of higher education)

Uzbek

1 entries

universitet noun (institution of higher education)

Vietnamese

2 entries

trường đại học noun (institution of higher education)
đại học noun (institution of higher education)

Volapük

1 entries

niver noun (institution of higher education)

Walloon

1 entries

univiersité noun (institution of higher education)

Warray

2 entries

unibersidad noun (institution of higher education)
yunibersidad noun (institution of higher education)

Welsh

1 entries

prifysgol noun (institution of higher education)

West-Frisian

1 entries

universiteit noun (institution of higher education)

Yiddish

1 entries

אוניווערסיטעט noun (institution of higher education)

Yoruba

3 entries

fásítì noun (institution of higher education)
ifásítì noun (institution of higher education)
yunifásítì noun (institution of higher education)

Zhuang

1 entries

dayoz noun (institution of higher education)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You met him at the university?

Source: tatoeba (1909)

From the moment that I knew that the university existed, I've wanted to go there.

Source: tatoeba (1913)

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car, but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

Source: tatoeba (21495)

I am a student at Oxford University.

Source: tatoeba (29028)

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University

Synonyms for "university" (43 found)

Closest matches (9)

Strong matches (13)

Related words (21)

Related word relations

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Synonyms

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part of

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Translations

Afrikaans

Albanian

Algerian Arabic

Amharic

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Aragonese

Armenian

Aromanian

Assamese

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Breton

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Central Kurdish

Chamorro

Chechen

Chinese

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Cornish

Corsican

Crimean Tatar

Czech

Danish

Dari

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Faroese

Finnish

French

Friulian

Fula

Galician

Georgian

German

Gilaki

Greek

Greenlandic

Gujarati

Haitian Creole

Hakka Chinese

Hausa

Hawaiian

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Ingrian

Interlingua

Iranian Persian

Irish

Italian