Synonyms for college
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Noun
1. University — A group of people sharing common purposes or goals, especially ecclesiastics or professionals; a corporate…
university, school UK, academy, seminary, society, institution, association, body
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Definitions
- n. 1
A group of people sharing common purposes or goals, especially ecclesiastics or professionals; a corporate group; a group of colleagues.
Dissolution of Colleges Act 1545
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Forms
- Plural
- colleges → universities, schools, academies, seminaries…
Example sentences
- university I understand now why he didn't go to a university.
- academy The Berber language has an academy in Algeria now.
- institution The institution was established in the late 1960s.
- seminary Sami graduated from the seminary, the top of his class.
- department Excuse me, but where is the men's shoe department?
- faculty Sami wasn't supposed to miss any faculty meeting.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| college | steady | |
| university | steady | |
| academy | rising | |
| institution | steady | |
| seminary | steady | |
| department | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- body2
- 6 letters
- school1
- 7 letters
- society4, academy4, faculty3
- 8 letters
- seminary4
- 10 letters
- university5, department3
- 11 letters
- association5, institution4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (body2 = 2 syllables).