academic
Ivory tower dweller
Academic relates to education, scholarship, and learning institutions.
An academic career involves teaching or research at a university.
Academic standards concern educational achievement.
As a noun, an academic is a scholar or professor: She's an academic specializing in medieval history.
When something is called academic, it may be dismissed as theoretical rather than practical: The question is purely academic now that the decision has been made.
Higher education institution
- collegeHigher education institution
- campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
- facultyInherent power or ability
- professorSenior university teacher
lecturer · students · curriculum · degree · diploma · seminar · syllabus · tuition
Senior university teacher
- lecturerOne who teaches formally
- tutorIndividual instruction provider
- educatorOne who imparts knowledge
- mentorTrusted wisdom-giving advisor
theorist · philosopher · analyst · expert · researcher · fellow · doctoral · intellectual
Deliberate learning effort
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- educationSystematic development of mind
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- literacyAbility to read, write
numeracy · tutoring · didactic · comprehension · coursework · examination · assessment · grading
Testable proposed explanation
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- publicationIssued written material
- journalRecord of daily events
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
citation · empirical · qualitative · quantitative · thesis · dissertation · findings · investigation
Systematic data collection
- chartsVisual data displays
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- simulationImitation of real processes
- diagramsSimplified visual representations
graphs · visualization · histogram · scatterplot · statistics · dataset · analysis · metrics
Trained self-control or specialty
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- thoroughComplete in every detail
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- analysisMethodical study of parts
systematic · methodical · scrutiny · exacting · standards · criteria · evaluation · demanding
university
Higher education institution
- collegeHigher education institution
- campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
- facultyInherent power or ability
professor · lecturer · students · curriculum · degree · diploma · seminar · syllabus · tuition · admissions
professor
Senior university teacher
- lecturerOne who teaches formally
- tutorIndividual instruction provider
- educatorOne who imparts knowledge
mentor · theorist · philosopher · analyst · expert · researcher · fellow · doctoral · intellectual · polymath
study
Deliberate learning effort
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- educationSystematic development of mind
- pedagogyArt of instruction
literacy · numeracy · tutoring · didactic · comprehension · coursework · examination · assessment · grading · lecture
hypothesis
Testable proposed explanation
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- publicationIssued written material
- journalRecord of daily events
methodology · citation · empirical · qualitative · quantitative · thesis · dissertation · findings · investigation · scholarship
survey
Systematic data collection
- chartsVisual data displays
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- simulationImitation of real processes
diagrams · graphs · visualization · histogram · scatterplot · statistics · dataset · analysis · metrics · tables
discipline
Trained self-control or specialty
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- thoroughComplete in every detail
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
analysis · systematic · methodical · scrutiny · exacting · standards · criteria · evaluation · demanding · objectivity
- academicscholarly, intellectual, erudite, learned, studious
- educatorseducator, teacher, teachers, professor, instructor
- Nerdsnerd, geek, dork, dweeb, brainiac
- professional fieldsmedical, legal, technical, financial, scientific
- scholarsscholar, professors, professor, researcher, researchers
- writing stylesformal, informal, minimalism, maximalism, concise
academicpractical
Suited for real use
applied · vocational · hands-on · pragmatic · real-world
academicnonacademic
Not related to studies
extracurricular · noneducational · noncollegiate · informal · self-taught
academicunscholarly
Lacking academic rigor
anti-intellectual · uneducated · ignorant · untaught · unlearned
- police academiesLaw enforcement training centers
- police academyLaw enforcement training institution
- academic yearEducational institution's annual cycle
- service academyInstitution training future officers
- academic debateFormal intellectual argument
- art academyInstitution teaching visual disciplines
academy, academics, academia, academies, nonacademic, academician, academe, academically, unacademic