All college synonyms
col·lege
C c noun college
- institute — to set up; establish; organize: to institute a government.
- university — an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools.
- organization — the act or process of organizing.
- association — An association is an official group of people who have the same job, aim, or interest.
- lyceum — an institution for popular education providing discussions, lectures, concerts, etc.
- seminary — a special school providing education in theology, religious history, etc., primarily to prepare students for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate.
- school — a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
- academy — Academy is sometimes used in the names of schools and colleges, especially those specializing in particular subjects or skills, or private high schools in the United States.
- institution — an organization, establishment, foundation, society, or the like, devoted to the promotion of a particular cause or program, especially one of a public, educational, or charitable character: This college is the best institution of its kind.
- organisation — the act or process of organizing.
- alma mater — Your alma mater is the school or university which you went to.
- halls of ivy — an institution of higher learning; university or college; the academic world.
adjective college
- academic — Academic is used to describe things that relate to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities, especially work which involves studying and reasoning rather than practical or technical skills.
- collegiate — Collegiate means belonging or relating to a college or to college students.
- scholastic — of or relating to schools, scholars, or education: scholastic attainments.
- book learning — knowledge gained from books rather than from direct personal experience
- intramural — involving only students at the same school or college: intramural athletics.