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Synonyms for university

Most common

college institute academy seminary varsity uni

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An institution of higher education that provides facilities for teaching, research, and the conferral of academic degrees across undergraduate, graduate, and often professional levels.

    She's studying mathematics at university.

Forms

Plural
universities → colleges, schools, academies, institutions…

Example sentences

  • college I think your father hoped you would go to college.
  • institute The education in that institute is simply pathetic.
  • academy The Berber language has an academy in Algeria now.
  • seminary Sami graduated from the seminary, the top of his class.
  • varsity He is on the varsity in tennis and in debating.
  • uni Yanni is about halfway into his uni course.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
universitysteady
collegesteady
institutefalling
academyrising
seminarysteady
varsityrising

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

By length

3 letters
uni2
6 letters
school1
7 letters
college2, academy4, varsity3
8 letters
seminary4
9 letters
institute3
11 letters
institution4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (uni2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
université
Italiano
università
Español
universidad
Deutsch
Hochschule
Català
universitat