Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun scholastic

2 senses of scholastic

Sense 1
pedant, bookworm, scholastic -- (a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit)
       => scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student -- (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)

Sense 2
Scholastic -- (a Scholastic philosopher or theologian)
       => philosopher -- (a specialist in philosophy)

Similarity of adj scholastic

2 senses of scholastic

Sense 1
scholastic -- (of or relating to schools; "scholastic year")

Sense 2
scholastic -- (of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism; "scholastic philosophy")