5
scholars(noun, institute, staff, department, intelligentsia)
4
professors(noun, institute, staff, department, intelligentsia)
4
students(noun, scholars)
3
academic(adjective, intelligentsia, intellects, intellectuals)
3
academicians
3
intellectuals(noun, adjective, sounds, intelligentsia, scholars)
3
philosophers(noun, scholars, pupils, students, thinkers)
3
scholastics(noun, adjective, intellectuals, schools)
2
abstracts
2
academicals
2
doctors(noun, scholars, pupils, students, schoolkids)
2
experts(noun, adjective, sounds, scholars)
2
faculty(noun, staff, teachers, professors, literati)
2
schools(noun, adjective, scholastics)
2
universities(noun, adjective)
1
advisers(noun, institute, staff, department, intelligentsia)
1
body(noun, institute, staff, department, intelligentsia)
1
clinic(noun, institute, staff, department, intelligentsia)
1
college(noun, institute, staff, department, intelligentsia)
1
corps(noun, institute, staff, department, intelligentsia)
10 years ago|2.3k views|share |citing 
APASmart Define. (2016). academics thesaurus. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/academics/thesaurus/synonyms
ChicagoSmart Define. 2016. "academics thesaurus" https://smartdefine.org/academics/thesaurus/synonyms (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardSmart Define 2016, academics thesaurus, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <https://smartdefine.org/academics/thesaurus/synonyms>.
MLASmart Define. "academics thesaurus" 12 February 2016. Web. 20 September 2026. <https://smartdefine.org/academics/thesaurus/synonyms>