academic

1. (noun) (usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist. 2. (noun) 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. 3. (noun) A member of the Academy; an academician. 4. (noun) A student in a college. 5. (noun) Academic dress; academicals. 6. (noun) Academic studies. 7. (adjective) Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato 8. (adjective) Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; also a scholarly society or organization. 9. (adjective) Theoretical or speculative; abstract; scholarly, literary or classical, in distinction to practical or vocational 10. (adjective) Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed, unengaging, or theoretical: having no practical importance. 11. (adjective) Having a love of or aptitude for learning. 12. (adjective) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic. 13. (adjective) So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness. 14. (adjective) Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius. 15. (adjective) Study of humanities topics rather than science and engineering.