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.