Your scholastic achievement or ability is your academic achievement or ability while you are at school.
[formal]
...the values which encouraged her scholastic achievement.
Synonyms: learned, academic, scholarly, lettered More Synonyms of scholastic
More Synonyms of scholastic
scholastic in British English
(skəˈlæstɪk) or scholastical (skəˈlæstɪkəl)
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or befitting schools, scholars, or education
2.
pedantic or precise
3. (often capital)
characteristic of or relating to the medieval Schoolmen
noun
4.
a student or pupil
5.
a person who is given to quibbling or logical subtleties; pedant
6. (often capital)
a disciple or adherent of scholasticism; Schoolman
7.
a.
a Jesuit student who is undergoing a period of probation prior to commencing theological studies
b.
the status and position of such a student
8.
a formalist in art
Derived forms
scholastically (schoˈlastically)
adverb
Word origin
C16: via Latin from Greek skholastikos devoted to learning, ultimately from skholēschool1
scholastic in American English
(skəˈlæstɪk)
adjective
1.
of schools, colleges, universities, students, teachers, and studies; educational; academic
2. [alsoS-]
of or characteristic of scholasticism
3.
pedantic, dogmatic, formal, etc.
4.
of secondary schools
scholastic football games
: Also schoˈlastical
noun
5.
a student or scholar, esp. in a scholasticate
6. [alsoS-]
schoolman (sense 1)
7.
a person who is devoted to logical subtleties and quibblings; pedant
8. [alsoS-]
a person who favors Scholasticism
Derived forms
scholastically (schoˈlastically)
adverb
Word origin
L scholasticus < Gr scholastikos < scholazein, to devote one's leisure to study, be at leisure < scholē: see school1
Examples of 'scholastic' in a sentence
scholastic
She was deprived of the remainder of her scholastic years when she was presented to Dr Bali who was ten years her senior.
Preethi Nair GYPSY MASALA (2004)
sneered Kemp, `You take your scholastic duties a mite seriously - she's out of the classroom now.
Meek, M R D IN REMEMBRANCE OF ROSE (2004)
His scholastic triumphs were allied to a highly visible right-wing stance.
Forbes, Bryan A SONG AT TWILIGHT (2004)
Four years of model behavior and high scholastic achievement.
Susan Elizabeth Philips THIS HEART OF MINE (2004)
In other languages
scholastic
British English: scholastic ADJECTIVE
Your scholastic achievement or ability is your academic achievement or ability while you are at school.
...the values which encouraged her scholastic achievement.
American English: scholastic
Brazilian Portuguese: escolástico
Chinese: 学业的
European Spanish: académico
French: scolaire
German: schulisch
Italian: scolastico
Japanese: 学校の
Korean: 학문적인
European Portuguese: escolástico
Latin American Spanish: académico
All related terms of 'scholastic'
scholastic philosophy
the system of philosophy , theology , and teaching that dominated medieval western Europe and was based on the writings of the Church Fathers and (from the 12th century) Aristotle , the Greek philosopher (384–322 bc )
scholastic profession
→ the scholastic profession
scholastic aptitude test
a standard assessment test for entry into college in the United States
the scholastic profession
the profession of teaching
Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test
a preparatory exam taken before the Scholastic Aptitude Tests or SATs , the results of which determine whether a student is admitted to college
Neo-Scholasticism
a 19th- and 20th-cent. philosophical system based on scholasticism , esp. Thomism, but incorporating new elements, as the discoveries of science, to make it applicable to contemporary life
1 (adjective)
Definition
of schools, scholars, or education
the values which encouraged her scholastic achievement
Synonyms
learned
He is a serious scholar, a genuine learned man.
academic
The author has settled for a more academic approach.
scholarly
He was an intellectual, scholarly man.
lettered
young and old, lettered and unlettered
literary
a literary masterpiece
bookish
a quiet, bookish child
2 (adjective)
Synonyms
pedantic
all their pedantic quibbles about grammar
precise
pedagogic
Additional synonyms
in the sense of academic
The author has settled for a more academic approach.