academician, academic, faculty member (adj)

an educator who works at a college or university

academic (adj)

associated with academia or an academy

"the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns"

academic (adj)

hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result

"an academic discussion"; "an academic question"

academic, donnish, pedantic (adj)

marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects

academic (Noun)

A member of the Academy; a follower of Plato, a Platonist.

academic (Noun)

A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.

academic (Noun)

A person who attends an academy.

academic (Noun)

One who is academic in practice.

academic (Adjective)

Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; also a scholarly society or organization.

academic (Adjective)

Pertaining to or characteristic of a school.

academic (Adjective)

Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the academic sect or philosophy.

academic (Adjective)

Being scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.

academic (Adjective)

Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.

academic (Adjective)

Having an aptitude for study.

academic (Adjective)

Having no practical importance.

academic (Adjective)

To be so scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world.

academic (Adjective)

Theoretical or speculative.

academic

An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece.