Synonyms for university
ˌyu nəˈvɜr sɪ tiuni·ver·si·ty

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1. universitynoun

   Synonyms:
   college, institute, uni, academy

2. universitynoun

   Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some cases able to take younger students in exceptional cases) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.

   Synonyms:
   academy, institute, uni, college

Princeton's WordNet

1. universitynoun

   the body of faculty and students at a university

2. universitynoun

   establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching

3. universitynoun

   a large and diverse institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession and to grant degrees

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1. • Body
   • Educational Institution
   • Establishment

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. universitynoun

   Synonyms:
   seminary of learning (of the highest class), literary institution, college

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1. List of paraphrases for "university":

   université, universities, universidad, academic, 'université, universitaire, university-based, universidade, universität, universitã, college, league, academics, universiteit, u., academia, unu, universitaria, egyetem, universitario, universitaires, univ., 'universitã, scholars, u, campus, colleges, university-level

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1. Bob Knight:

   Enough people changed there that were tired of basketball being the guiding light of Indiana University, and I wo n’t go in any other direction.

2. J. Frank Dobie:

   in the university I am a wild man; in the wilds I am a scholar and a poet

3. Clark Kerr:

   A university anywhere can aim no higher than to be as British as possible for the sake of the undergraduates, as German as possible for the sake of the public at large-and as confused as possible for the preservation of the whole uneasy balance.

4. Janet Napolitano:

   All of my tests are clear. So that was not a factor in my decision, it seemed like a good time to have some fresh blood at the University of California.

5. Kevin Stitt:

   He hit the ground running, working to deliver efficiencies in order to keep tuition flat for students and casting vision to grow OUs graduate research programs, galloglys love for his alma mater is evident, and I appreciate the time he gave to strengthen the foundation of this important university.