- academic
- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)adj. scholastic, collegiate; educational; scholarly, erudite; theoretical. See teaching, learning, supposition.II(Roget's IV) modif.1. [Referring to learned matters]Syn. scholastic, erudite, scholarly; see educational 1 , learned 1 , 2 .2. [Of philosophic interest, but having little practical importance]Syn. formalistic, hypothetical, speculative; see theoretical .III(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)Ia.1. scholarly scholastic, collegiate, university, professorial, studious, bookish, erudite, learned, cultured.2. theoretical hypothetical, conjectural, speculative, suppositional, immaterial, moot.ANT.: 1. real world, rough-and-tumble, practical. 2. accessible, understandable, meaningful. see college, school, teacherIIn.scholar, student, teacher, professor, pupil, educator, tutor, doctor.IV(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Characterized by a narrow concern for book learning and formal rules, without knowledge or experience of practical matters: bookish, donnish, formalistic, inkhorn, literary, pedantic, pedantical, scholastic. See ATTITUDE, FLEXIBLE, TEACH. 2. Concerned primarily with theories rather than practical matters: abstract, speculative, theoretical. See THOUGHTS.
English dictionary for students. 2013.