Academic Synonyms

Don , bookish, abstract, bluestocking, and bookworm are synonyms for academic; practical and non-academic are antonyms of academic. On this page, you will find 67 another word for academic.

67 Another Word for Academic

1. educational

  • Bookish
  • Brainy
  • Cerebral
  • Clever
  • College
  • Collegiate
  • Cultured
  • Donnish
  • Educated
  • Educational
  • Erudite
  • Highbrow
  • Instructional
  • Intellectual
  • Learned
  • Literary
  • Pedagogical
  • Pedantic
  • Scholarly
  • Scholastic
  • School
  • Serious
  • Studious
  • University
  • Well read
  • Lettered

2. theoretical

  • Abstract
  • Conceptual
  • Conjectural
  • Conjectured
  • General
  • Hypothetical
  • Impractical
  • Indefinite
  • Irrelevant
  • Ivory-tower
  • Notional
  • Philosophical
  • Putative
  • Speculative
  • Suppositional
  • Suppositious
  • Suppositive
  • Theoretical
  • Unpragmatic
  • Unrealistic
  • Useless
  • Vague
  • Ideational

3. scholar

  • Bluestocking
  • Bookworm
  • Don
  • Educator
  • Egghead
  • Fellow
  • Highbrow
  • Instructor
  • Lecturer
  • Man/woman of letters
  • Professor
  • Scholar
  • Teacher
  • Thinker
  • Trainer
  • Tutor
  • Pedagogue

Academic Sentences

She achieved notable academic success.

The professor values academic rigor.

He pursued an academic career.

Academic achievements were widely recognized.

They attended an academic conference.