| Main Entry: | academic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scholar or university/college teacher |
Synonyms: |
academician, lecturer, professor, pupil, scholar, scholastic, student, tutor |
Antonyms: |
ignoramus |
| Main Entry: | faculty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | teachers in educational institution |
Synonyms: |
academics, advisers, body, clinic, college, corps, department, employees, institute, instructors, lecturers, literati, mentors, organization, pedagogues, personnel, professorate, professors, profs, researchers, scholars, society, staff, tutors, university, workers |
| Notes: | a facility is a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry or a skillful performance or ability without difficulty; faculty is one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind or the body of teachers and administrators at a school |
Antonyms: |
students |
| Main Entry: | highbrow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intellectual, very smart person |
Synonyms: |
Einstein, academic, academician, bluestocking, brain*, egghead, genius, illuminato, intelligentsia, literato, longhair, philosopher, sage, savant, scholar, thinker, whiz* |
| Main Entry: | intellectual |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very smart person |
Synonyms: |
Einstein, academic, academician, avant-garde, brain*, braintruster, doctor, egghead, genius, highbrow, intelligentsia, philosopher, pundit, sage, scholar, thinker, whiz*, wizard |
Antonyms: |
ignoramus |
| Main Entry: | savant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scholar |
Synonyms: |
academic, bookworm, brain*, egghead, expert, intellect, intellectual, learned person, learner, master, philosopher, pundit, sage, wise person |
| Main Entry: | scholar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is very involved in education and learning |
Synonyms: |
academic, augur, bookish person, bookworm, brain*, critic, disciple, doctor, egghead, gnome, grind*, intellectual, learned person, learner, litterateur, person of letters, philosopher, professor, pupil, sage, savant, schoolchild, scientist, student, teacher, tool, wise person |