Synonyms of scholastic

scholastic

adjective

skə-ˈla-stik 

as in educational

of or relating to schooling or learning especially at an advanced level

a college that gives a higher priority to scholastic endeavors than to athletic pursuits

Synonyms & Similar Words

• educational
• academic
• scholarly
• intellectual
• educative
• collegiate
• pedagogical
• bookish
• professorial
• curricular
• nerdy
• pedantic
• instructive
• donnish
• geeky
• nerdish
• postgraduate
• graduate
• tweedy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonacademic
• extracurricular
• noneducational
• unscholarly
• cocurricular
• unacademic
• noncollegiate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of scholastic

In a white paper released in October, the committee recommends moving the men’s game, and perhaps the women’s, from the current fall-only schedule to one that covers the entire scholastic year and culminates in an April playoff festival. —Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 12 Dec. 2025

Morris played both baseball and football in high school, and was a scholastic All-State quarterback who reportedly turned down 20 collegiate offers to sign with the Phillies for $25,000 in 1960. —Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025

For true scholastic style, pair it with penny loafers or Mary Janes. —Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025

Just as he’s done with hip-hop prior, Bradley treats the empire of sneakers with a literary and scholastic sense that few have prior. —Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025