academics

noun

Definition of academicsnext
plural of academic
1
as in academicians

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as in scholars

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for academics
  1. scholars
  2. teachers
  3. educators
  4. instructors
Noun
  • Griswold’s story was so thoroughly accepted that, through the 20th century, no one, including academic scholars, thought to question it.
    David B. Parker, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
  • This Chesapeake Bay island is so isolated that some scholars believe the accent here still retains traces of Elizabethan English, from way back when it was settled in the 17th century.
    Nicholas DeRenzo, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of scholars
Noun
  • The classrooms are full of eager young students, raising their hands to answer teachers' questions, comparing notes and studying together.
    Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Mussolini would later send teachers from the south to Italianize the region as part of a nationalist push.
    Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of teachers
Noun
  • High standards for students must be matched with equally high standards for educators across all school types.
    Andrew Spar, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2024
  • But when educators are expected to juggle roles as counselors, security guards, and paramedics, all while meeting rigid testing mandates, teaching and learning is severely compromised.
    Andrew Spar, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of educators
Noun
  • So many of us, instructors and students alike, were taught to believe that for every problem there is only one correct response.
    Anthony Fredericks, Contributor, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2024
  • This information will flow back to instructors to shape a student’s progression through the course.
    Ray Ravaglia, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of instructors
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