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

2 senses of schoolman

Sense 1
Schoolman, medieval Schoolman -- (a scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism)
       => 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
academician, schoolman -- (a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation)
       => 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)