Synonyms of the word

pedantic

• adj. Like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
• adj. Being showy of one’s knowledge, often in a boring manner.
• adj. Being finicky or fastidious, especially with language.

academic

• adj. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato.
• adj. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; also a scholarly society or organization.
• adj. Theoretical or speculative; abstract; scholarly, literary or classical, in distinction to practical or…
• adj. Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
• adj. (art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
• adj. So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness.
• adj. Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
• adj. Study of humanities topics rather than science and engineering.
• n. (usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
• n. A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged…
• n. A member of the Academy; an academician.
• n. (plural only) Academic dress; academicals.
• n. (plural only) Academic studies.

donnish

• adj. Characteristic of a (university) don.
• adj. (of a person) Bookish, theoretical and pedantic, as opposed to practical.

scholarly

• adj. Of or relating to scholars or scholarship.
• adv. (US) In a scholarly manner.