ACADEME

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The academic world

Synonyms:

academe; academia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("academe" is a kind of...):

domain; world (people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest)

Meronyms (parts of "academe"):

college (the body of faculty and students of a college)

university (the body of faculty and students at a university)

Domain member category:

tenure (give life-time employment to)