Synonyms of the word

scholarly

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

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.

bookish

• adj. Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with people; learned from books.
• adj. Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books.

critical

• adj. Inclined to find fault or criticize; fastidious; captious; censorious; exacting.
• adj. Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or turning point.
• adj. Extremely important.
• adj. Relating to criticism or careful analysis, such as literary or film criticism.
• adj. (medicine) Of a patient condition involving unstable vital signs and a prognosis that predicts the condition…
• adj. Likely to go out of control if disturbed, that is, opposite of stable.
• adj. Of the point (in temperature, reagent concentration etc.) where a nuclear or chemical reaction becomes…
• n. A critical value, factor, etc.
• n. In breakdancing, a kind of airflare move in which the dancer hops from one hand to the other.

donnish

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

erudite

• adj. Learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books.
• n. A learned or scholarly person.

intellectual

• adj. Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive; as, intellectual powers, activities,…
• adj. Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge…
• adj. Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by…
• adj. Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as, intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental"…
• adj. (archaic, poetic) Spiritual.
• n. An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters.
• n. (archaic) The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.

learned

• adj. Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
• v. (US and dialectal English) simple past tense and past participle of learn.
• adj. Derived from experience; acquired by learning.

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.

profound

• adj. Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.
• adj. Very deep; very serious.
• adj. Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of…
• adj. Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading.
• adj. Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive.
• n. (obsolete) The deep; the sea; the ocean.
• n. (obsolete) An abyss.
• v. (obsolete) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
• v. (obsolete) To dive deeply; to penetrate.

studious

• adj. Given to thought, or to the examination of subjects by contemplation; contemplative.
• adj. Given to study; devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from books.
• adj. (usually followed by an infinitive or by "of") Earnest in endeavors; aiming sedulously; attentive; observant;…
• adj. Planned with study; deliberate; studied.
• adj. Favorable to study; suitable for thought and contemplation.