ACADEMIC
Dictionary entry overview: What does academic mean?
• ACADEMIC (noun)
The noun ACADEMIC has 1 sense:
1. an educator who works at a college or university
Familiarity information: ACADEMIC used as a noun is very rare.
• ACADEMIC (adjective)
The adjective ACADEMIC has 3 senses:
1. associated with academia or an academy
2. hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result
3. marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
Familiarity information: ACADEMIC used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ACADEMIC (noun)
Meaning:
An educator who works at a college or university
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
academic; faculty member; academician
Hypernyms ("academic" is a kind of...):
educator; pedagog; pedagogue (someone who educates young people)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "academic"):
prof; professor (someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university)
• ACADEMIC (adjective)
Meaning:
Associated with academia or an academy
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context examples:
the academic curriculum / academic gowns
Pertainym:
academia (the academic world)
Meaning:
Hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result
Context examples:
an academic discussion / an academic question
Similar:
theoretical (concerned with theories rather than their practical applications)
Meaning:
Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
Synonyms:
donnish; pedantic; academic
Similar:
scholarly (characteristic of scholars or scholarship)
