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:
   academy, 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. Deborah Dugan:

   I'm honored, humbled, and ready, the goal of the Recording Academy is to support, encourage, and advocate for those within the music community. I will listen to and champion all of those individuals, and lead this iconic organization into the future. I'm excited to get started.

2. Anna Held:

   I hadn't even dreamed of getting another Academy Award, and there I was unhappy in my private life and miserable, i remember Clifford Odets drove me three times around the Biltmore, where the Oscars were given out, because I was so full of tears.

3. April Reign:

   What I’m doing is attempting to amplify the discussion, the Academy can only nominate quality work that is made, so the onus still has to be on Hollywood to put those films out there.

4. Harold Bloom:

   I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike-and I don't think there really is a distinction between the two-are always dominated by fools, knaves, charlatans and bureaucrats. And that being the case, any human being, male or female, of whatever status, who has a voice of her or his own, is not going to be liked.

5. Michael Waltz:

   Now we're instructing every cadet entering Air Force Academy to not say mom and dad, to not say boyfriend or girlfriend, and this kind of drive towards gender neutrality, i think Air Force Academy should be worried about the macro aggressions against America that are happening all over the world.