Synonyms and Antonyms of scholarly
1
having or displaying advanced knowledge or education
- a scholarly analysis of the historical document
civilized, cultivated, cultured
cerebral, highbrow, highbrowed, intellectual
polished, refined, well-bred
academic (also academical), bookish, didactic, didactical, inkhorn, pedantic, professorial
informed, instructed, schooled, skilled, trained
homeschooled, self-educated, self-instructed, self-taught
briefed, enlightened, informed, versed
overeducated, polyhistoric, polymath (or polymathic)
uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured
lowbrow, semiliterate, unintellectual
ill-bred, unpolished, unrefined
uninformed, unknowledgeable
uninstructed, unschooled, untaught, untutored
semiliterate, undereducated
2
of or relating to schooling or learning especially at an advanced level
- a scholarly essay making comparisons between 18th-century French authors and their Germanic counterparts
bookish, donnish, geeky, nerdish, nerdy, pedagogical (also pedagogic), pedantic, professorial, tweedy
curricular
educative, instructive
collegiate, graduate, postgraduate
