Synonyms for academy
əˈkæd ə miacad·e·my

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. academy

   Synonyms:
   school, seminary, college, university, educational, establishment, institute

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1. academynoun

   a secondary school (usually private)

   Synonyms:
   honorary society

2. academy, honorary societynoun

   an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature

   Synonyms:
   honorary society

3. academynoun

   a school for special training

   Synonyms:
   honorary society

4. academynoun

   a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge

   Synonyms:
   honorary society

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1. • Establishment
   • School
   • Secondary School

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1. academynoun

   Synonyms:
   school, seminary, institute, gymnasium, high school, college

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1. List of paraphrases for "academy":

   académie, wwa, 'académie, academic, college, school, akademie, akademy, academia, oscar, academies, école, institute, acalan, akademia, oscars, npa, iaa

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1. The President:

   Being here I can't help think of John McCain. And how Naval Academy meant so much to John McCain. John McCain chose these grounds for John McCain final resting place. John McCain was an American hero who withstood torture, years of being held as a prisoner of war, and when John McCain came home -- John McCain wanted to continue to serve.

2. George Gaynes:

   The general public seems to think that my career consists exclusively of 'Punky Brewster,' 'Police Academy' and 'Tootsie.' But I've done quite a lot more than that.

3. Tim Gray:

   The message of the movie is even though you are unemployed and you haven't gotten all the success you deserve, you are still an amazing, terrific person, i think everybody in the Academy can relate to that because that's the state of normalcy for the film industry, that you spend a lot of time unemployed.

4. Harvey Mason:

   Too often, our industry and Academy have alienated some of our own artists -- in particular, through a lack of diversity that, in many cases, results in a culture that leans towards exclusion rather than inclusion.

5. Steve Scheckel:

   We've been seeing more and more Chicago police officers when we do an emergency hire, which is basically a lateral transfer. They already have the academy.