NOUN
  • Definition - (usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
  • Definition - A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
  • Definition - A member of the Academy; an academician.
  • Definition - A student in a college.
  • Definition - Academic dress; academicals.
  • Definition - Academic studies.
ADJECTIVE
  • Definition - Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato
  • Example - the academic sect or philosophy
  • Definition - Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; also a scholarly society or organization.
  • Example - the academic sect or philosophy
  • Definition - Theoretical or speculative; abstract; scholarly, literary or classical, in distinction to practical or vocational
  • Example - I have always had an academic interest in hacking.
  • Definition - Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed, unengaging, or theoretical: having no practical importance.
  • Example - I have always had an academic interest in hacking.
  • Definition - Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
  • Example - I'm more academic than athletic — I get lower marks in phys. ed. than in anything else.
  • Definition - Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
  • Example - I'm more academic than athletic — I get lower marks in phys. ed. than in anything else.
  • Definition - So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness.
  • Example - I'm more academic than athletic — I get lower marks in phys. ed. than in anything else.
  • Definition - Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
  • Example - I'm more academic than athletic — I get lower marks in phys. ed. than in anything else.
  • Definition - Study of humanities topics rather than science and engineering.
  • Example - I'm more academic than athletic — I get lower marks in phys. ed. than in anything else.
Words in your word
8 Letter Words
academic 15
7 Letter Words
cicadae 12
6 Letter Words
cadmic 13 cicada 11 acedia 9
5 Letter Words
acmic 11 mecca 11 demic 10 maced 10 medic 10 amice 9 caeca 9 aimed 8 amide 8 media 8 aecia 7
4 Letter Words
acme 8 caca 8 came 8 cami 8 ceca 8 emic 8 mace 8 mica 8 mice 8 aced 7 acid 7 amid 7 cade 7 cadi 7 caid 7 cedi 7 dace 7 dame 7 dice 7 dime 7 iced 7 idem 7 made 7 maid 7 mead 7 acai 6 amia 6 amie 6 aide 5 idea 5
3 Letter Words
cam 7 mac 7 mic 7 cad 6 dam 6 dim 6 mad 6 med 6 mid 6 ace 5 aim 5 ama 5 ami 5 ice 5 mae 5 aid 4 die 4
2 Letter Words
am 4 em 4 ma 4 me 4 mi 4 ad 3 da 3 de 3 ed 3 id 3 aa 2 ae 2 ai 2
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