COLLEGIAL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Of or resembling or typical of a college or college students

Example:

collegiate clothes

Synonyms:

collegial; collegiate

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

college (a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed)

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

college (an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university)

Meaning:

Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues

Example:

a tendency to turn from collegial to one-man management

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

colleague (a person who is member of one's class or profession)

Derivation:

colleague (an associate that one works with)