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Academician

/əˌka.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/

A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic.

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📖 Definitions of "Academician"

noun

1
A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic.
2
A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts.

🔄 Synonyms of "Academician"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
academicnoun	Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
faculty membernoun	an educator who works at a college or university
schoolmannoun	(historical) A medieval writer, scholar or teacher of the subjects taught at early European universities (such as theology, metaphysics and logic); a scholastic.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Academician"

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Word	Definition
schoolmannoun	(historical) A medieval writer, scholar or teacher of the subjects taught at early European universities (such as theology, metaphysics and logic); a scholastic.
academicnoun	A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
faculty membernoun	an educator who works at a college or university
academianoun	(collective) The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.
scholarnoun	A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.
fellowshipnoun	A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
fellownoun	(chiefly in the plural, also figuratively) A companion; a comrade.
academynoun	An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
fellowsnoun	A census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States.
academitenoun	A member of an academy.
professornoun	The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution.
facultynoun	(chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff.
professor ordinariusnoun	(academia, chiefly in Germany) A professor with a chair, representing a given area.
proffessornoun	Misspelling of professor. [The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution.]
principalnoun	(finance, uncountable) The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.
proffesornoun	Misspelling of professor. [The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution.]
profnoun	(informal) Clipping of professor. [The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution.]
associate professornoun	(education) A teacher in a higher education institution who ranks above an assistant professor and below a professor.
senior researchernoun	An academic title for a researcher usually of comparable standing to an associate professor.
lecturernoun	A person who gives lectures, especially as a profession.