| Main Entry: | college |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | institution of higher education |
Synonyms: |
alma mater, association, brainery, halls of ivy, halls of knowledge, institute, lyceum, organization, seminary, university |
| Notes: | The word college comes from Latin collegium, 'association, partnership,' from collega, 'partner in office.' The word university is from Latin universitas, 'the whole,' from universus, 'combined into one.' The difference between a college and a university is that a college offers degrees in one or a few specific areas, while a university is a collection of colleges. |
| Main Entry: | academia |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scholarly world |
Synonyms: |
academe, academic community, academicians, college, savants, school |
| Main Entry: | academic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | relating to schooling, learning |
Synonyms: |
book-learned, bookish, college, collegiate, erudite, intellectual, learned, pedantic, scholarly, scholastic, studious, university |
Antonyms: |
ignorant, untaught |
| Main Entry: | alma mater |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | school from which one has graduated |
Synonyms: |
academy, college, institution, old school, place of graduation, place of matriculation, university |
| 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: | institute/institution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organization, usually educational |
Synonyms: |
academy, association, asylum, business, clinic, college, company, conservatory, establishment, fixture, foundation, guild, hospital, orphanage, school, seminar, seminary, society, system, think tank, university |
| Main Entry: | penitentiary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jail |
Synonyms: |
big house, campus, can*, college, cooler, correctional institution, inside*, joint*, lockup, pen*, penal institution, prison, reformatory, slammer, stockade |
| Main Entry: | school |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place, system for educating |
Synonyms: |
academy, alma mater, blackboard, college, department, discipline, establishment, faculty, hall, halls of ivy, institute, institution, jail*, schoolhouse, seminary, university |
| Main Entry: | higher education |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | college and thereon |
Synonyms: |
college, graduate school, institute, tertiary school, university |
| Main Entry: | institution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organization |
Synonyms: |
academy, association, asylum, business, clinic, college, company, conservatory, establishment, fixture, foundation, guild, hospital, institute, institution, orphanage, school, seminar, seminary, society, system, university |