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professorial

ADJECTIVE
learned
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accomplished educated scholarly scientific studied well-educated
STRONG
cultivated cultured experienced grave grounded lettered versed
WEAK
abstruse academic bookish brainy conversant deep erudite esoteric expert highbrow in the know intellectual judicious literary literate omniscient pansophic pedantic philosophic philosophical polymath recondite sage sapient sharp skilled solemn solid sound studious well-grounded well-read well-rounded
Antonyms
STRONGEST
uneducated
STRONG
green ignorant immature inexperienced unsophisticated
WEAK
stupid uninformed
ADJECTIVE
pedagogic
Synonyms
WEAK
academic dogmatic instructive learned profound scholastic teaching

Example Sentences

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"I don't think he would ever call himself Dr. Seuss had it not been for being at Oxford and having the literary and professorial aspirations when he was there."

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

Under the accident-prone and professorial Ishiba, disastrous elections left the LDP short of a majority in both houses of parliament.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

They might even use it to grade essays and provide feedback, zipping through their professorial duties in a fraction of the time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Mendelsohn and Lesser have the luxury of playing to type here, with the former channeling his version of Imperial unctuousness and the latter lending a professorial chill to his acceptance of unconscionable orders.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2025

“Ease up, baby. You’re getting all professorial on us again.”

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein