nnoun.personan educator who works at a college or universitySynset:academician faculty member
Derivationally Related Form:academicacademy
Hypernyms:educator pedagog pedagogue
Inherited Hypernyms:academicianeducatorprofessionaladultpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:academicianeducatorprofessionaladultpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:profprofessor
Full Hyponyms:assistant professorassociate professorfull professorprofessorregius professorvisiting professor
adjadj.pertassociated with academia or an academyExamples:- the academic curriculum
- academic gowns
Derivationally Related Form:academicacademyacademia
Pertainyms:academia
Inherited Hypernyms:academic
adj satadj.allhypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical resultExamples:- an academic discussion
- an academic question
Antonyms:applied
Inherited Hypernyms:academic
Similar to:theoretical
adj satadj.allmarked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspectsSynset:donnish pedantic
Antonyms:unscholarly
Derivationally Related Form:pedantrypedant
Inherited Hypernyms:academic
Similar to:scholarly