Synonyms for faculty
Definitions
- n. 1
The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff.
Related words
- Word family
- facultative
Forms
- Plural
- faculties → endowments, departments, colleges, schools…
Choose the right word
Faculty is an inherent quality of mind or body; talent, some special mental ability.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- endowment The university's endowment grew 10% in the last year alone.
- staff The monthly staff meeting is never held on Monday.
- module It's an international relations module.
By length
- 4 letters
- gift1
- 5 letters
- right1, power2, staff1, skill1
- 6 letters
- school1, talent2, genius2, virtue2, module2
- 7 letters
- college2, quality3, ability4, caliber3, calibre
- 8 letters
- property3, capacity4, facility4
- 9 letters
- potential3, privilege2, endowment3
- 10 letters
- department3, capability5, profession3, competence3, competency4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (power2 = 2 syllables).