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Synonyms for scholastic

Most common

academic literary scholarly bookish

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Of or relating to school; academic

    This award is for the greatest scholastic achievement by a graduating student.

  2. n. 1

    A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.

Related words

Word family
scholasticism scholar
Other spellings
scholastical

Forms

Plural
scholastics → book-worms, pedants, schools, schoolmen…

Example sentences

  • academic Academic writing could be supported by statistics.
  • literary He lived at home while pursuing literary ambitions.
  • scholarly Israeli historian Ilan Pappe wrote many scholarly works.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
scholasticfalling
academicrising
literarysteady
scholarlyrising
bookishrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
school1, formal2, pedant2
7 letters
bookish2
8 letters
academic4, literary4, lettered2, pedantic3
9 letters
scholarly3, schoolman

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (formal2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
scolaire
Español
escolar
Deutsch
schulisch