academic
Noun · AdjectiveUS[ak-uh-dem-ik]/ˌækəˈdɛmɪk/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (3)
- associated with academia or an academy“the academic curriculum”“academic gowns”Relating to academe
- hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result“an academic discussion”“an academic question”Opposite appliedSimilar theoretical
- marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspectsSynonyms: donnishpedanticOpposite unscholarlySimilar scholarly
Noun (1)academics
- an educator who works at a college or universitySynonyms: academicianfaculty memberType of educator, pedagogueKinds professor, prof
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Translations
Adjective relating to universities or scholarship
- Spanish
- académico
- French
- académique
- German
- akademisch
- Italian
- accademico
- Portuguese
- acadêmico
- Turkish
- akademik
- Russian
- академи́ческий akademíčeskij
- Arabic
- أَكَادِيمِيّ ʔakādīmiyy
- Dutch
- academisch
- Polish
- akademicki
16 more languages
- Swedish
- akademisk
- Greek
- ακαδημαϊκός akadimaïkós
- Indonesian
- akademik
- Hungarian
- akadémiai
- Portuguese (PT)
- académico
- Catalan
- acadèmic
- Czech
- akademický
- Danish
- akademisk
- Esperanto
- akademia
- Finnish
- akateeminen
- Icelandic
- fræðilegur
- Latvian
- akadēmisks
- Norwegian
- akademisk
- Romanian
- academic
- Slovak
- akademický
- Welsh
- colegaidd
Noun senior member of an academy, college, or university
- Spanish
- académico
- French
- universitaire
- German
- Hochschullehrer
- Turkish
- akademisyen
- Russian
- учёный učónyj
- Chinese
- 学者 xuézhě
- Dutch
- universitair
- Polish
- akademik
- Swedish
- akademiker
- Greek
- ακαδημαϊκός akadimaïkós
8 more languages
- Portuguese (PT)
- académico
- Catalan
- acadèmic
- Czech
- akademik
- Danish
- akademiker
- Finnish
- akateemikko
- Hebrew
- אקדמאי akademáy
- Norwegian
- akademiker
- Welsh
- academydd
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ac′a·dem′ic (…), Ac′a·dem′ic·al (…) adjective
Origin: L. academicus: cf. F. académigue. See Academy.
1. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.
2. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific. “Academic courses.” Warburton. “Academical study.” George Berkeley
Ac′a·dem′ic noun
1. One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist. David Hume
2. A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54