UNIVERSITIES Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the word universities. (close relations)
university
Best Alternative Words for UNIVERSITIES
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academies | nounn | |||||||
noun • a secondary school (usually private) • an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature • a school for special training • a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge | ||||||||
campuses | nounn | |||||||
noun • a field on which the buildings of a university are situated | ||||||||
colleges | nounn | |||||||
noun • the body of faculty and students of a college • an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university • a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed | ||||||||
institutes | nounn | |||||||
noun • an association organized to promote art or science or education verb • set up or lay the groundwork for • advance or set forth in court | ||||||||
institutions | nounn | |||||||
noun • an organization founded and united for a specific purpose • an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated • a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society • the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new • a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person | ||||||||
polytechnics | nounn | |||||||
noun • a technical school offering instruction in many industrial arts and applied sciences | ||||||||
schools | nounn | |||||||
noun • an educational institution • a building where young people receive education • the process of being formally educated at a school • a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers • the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session • an educational institution's faculty and students • a large group of fish verb • educate in or as if in a school • teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment • swim in or form a large group of fish | ||||||||
higher education | nounn | |||||||
noun • education provided by a college or university | ||||||||
academy | nounn | |||||||
noun • a secondary school (usually private) • an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature • a school for special training • a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge | ||||||||
college | nounn | |||||||
noun • the body of faculty and students of a college • an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university • a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed | ||||||||
institute | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an association organized to promote art or science or education verb • set up or lay the groundwork for • advance or set forth in court | ||||||||
varsity | nounn | |||||||
noun • a British abbreviation of `university'; usually refers to Oxford University or Cambridge University • a team representing a college or university | ||||||||
uni | nounn | |||||||
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