academic

ac·a·dem·ic  (k-dmk)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a school, especially one of higher learning.

2.

a. Relating to studies that are liberal or classical rather than technical or vocational.

b. Relating to scholarly performance: a student's academic average.

3. Of or belonging to a scholarly organization.

4. Scholarly to the point of being unaware of the outside world. See Synonyms at pedantic.

5. Based on formal education.

6. Formalistic or conventional.

7. Theoretical or speculative without a practical purpose or intention. See Synonyms at theoretical.

8. Having no practical purpose or use.

n.

1. A member of an institution of higher learning.

2. One who has an academic viewpoint or a scholarly background.

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aca·demi·cal·ly adv.

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academic

Adjective

1. relating to a college or university

2. (of pupils) having an aptitude for study

3. relating to studies such as languages and pure science rather than technical or professional studies

4. of theoretical interest only: the argument is academic

Noun

a member of the teaching or research staff of a college or university

academically adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	academic - an educator who works at a college or university faculty member, academician educator, pedagog, pedagogue - someone who educates young people prof, professor - someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
Adj.	1.	academic - associated with academia or an academy; "the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns"
	2.	academic - hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result; "an academic discussion"; "an academic question" theoretical - concerned with theories rather than their practical applications; "theoretical physics"
	3.	academic - marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects donnish, pedantic scholarly - characteristic of scholars or scholarship; "scholarly pursuits"; "a scholarly treatise"; "a scholarly attitude"

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academic

adjective 1. scholastic, school, university, college, educational, campus, collegiate

adjective 2. scholarly, learned, intellectual, literary, erudite, highbrow, studious, lettered

adjective 3. theoretical, ideal, abstract, speculative, hypothetical, impractical, notional, conjectural

noun 4. scholar, intellectual, don, student, master, professor, fellow, pupil, lecturer, tutor, scholastic, bookworm, man of letters, egghead (informal) savant, academician, acca Austral. (slang) bluestocking (usually disparaging) schoolman

Translations

academic [ækəˈdɛmɪk] adj → académico, universitario;

(pej) [issue] → puramente teórico

n → estudioso/a (= lecturer); profesor(a) m/f universitario/a;

academic year (UNIV) → año académico

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academic [ækəˈdɛmɪk] adj → universitaire; [person] (= scholarly); intellectuel/le;

(pej) [issue] → oiseux/euse, purement théorique

n → universitaire m/f;

academic freedom → liberté f académique

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academic [ækəˈdɛmɪk] adj → akademisch (also pej);

(work) → wissenschaftlich;

(person) → intellektuell

n → Akademiker(in) m(f)

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academic [ækəˈdɛmɪk] adj → accademico/a;

(pej) [issue] → puramente formale

n → universitario/a