All academy synonyms

noun academy

• secondary school — a high school or a school of corresponding grade, ranking between a primary school and a college or university.
• league — a unit of distance, varying at different periods and in different countries, in English-speaking countries usually estimated roughly at 3 miles (4.8 kilometers).
• association — An association is an official group of people who have the same job, aim, or interest.
• federation — the act of federating or uniting in a league.
• foundation — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
• prep school — preparatory school.
• boarding school — A boarding school is a school which some or all of the pupils live in during the school term. Compare day school.
• seminary — a special school providing education in theology, religious history, etc., primarily to prepare students for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate.
• institute — to set up; establish; organize: to institute a government.
• circle — A circle is a shape consisting of a curved line completely surrounding an area. Every part of the line is the same distance from the centre of the area.
• alliance — An alliance is a group of countries or political parties that are formally united and working together because they have similar aims.
• fraternity — a local or national organization of male students, primarily for social purposes, usually with secret initiation and rites and a name composed of two or three Greek letters.
• council — A council is a group of people who are elected to govern a local area such as a city or, in Britain, a county.
• private school — a school founded, conducted, and maintained by a private group rather than by the government, usually charging tuition and often following a particular philosophy, viewpoint, etc.
• conservatoire — A conservatoire is an institution where musicians are trained.
• conservatory — A conservatory is a room with glass walls and a glass roof, which is attached to a house. People often grow plants in a conservatory.
• college — A college is an institution where students study after they have left school.
• school — a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
• preparatory school — a private or parochial secondary school, especially one boarding its students and providing a college-preparatory education.
• military school — military academy.
• halls of ivy — an institution of higher learning; university or college; the academic world.
• finishing school — a private school, usually at the high-school or junior-college level, that teaches young women social graces and prepares them for life in society.