Another word for academic

Bookish, abstract, bluestocking, egghead, and don are another word for academic. Practical and non-academic are the opposites of academic. On this page, find 67 synonyms for academic, parts of speech, and examples of academic sentences.

Academic synonyms

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.

Academic parts of speech

Adjective