COLLEGIATE Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

collegiate

adjective

Definition of collegiate

as in scholastic

of or relating to a college or its students collegiate athletics

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Recent Examples of collegiate The run ties for the longest run of Mensah’s collegiate career. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026 Cats fans have one of the coolest arenas in collegiate athletics. — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 And beyond the Oregon pairs, Nike is set to soon issue collegiate Air Force 1s for the University of Kentucky, University of Texas and University of Georgia. — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026 Mosley, who caught 13 passes for 255 yards and four touchdowns in his first three collegiate games, has missed USC’s past two games. — Sean Campbell, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for collegiate

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The coming-of-age drama, based on Coffey’s life, follows a high school student with mild cerebral palsy trying to wrestle for the school’s scholastic wrestling team.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026
The district boasts 15 elementary schools — among them a regional gifted center, one scholastic academy and two Montessori schools.

— Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of scholastic

Adjective

Prior to her new role, DeGregorio served as senior vice president, managing director of sales for educational/informational programming for HMPG since 2022.

— Mya Copeland, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Courses will focus on teaching methods, instructional development and educational research.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of educational

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The experts, who had all studied AI in academic settings, all brought up the ironies of the automation problem, where AI makes errors that humans can’t catch.

— Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 16 Oct. 2026
His main issues are declining enrollment, academic struggles, teacher turnover and family engagement.

— Sophia Veneziano, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of academic

Adjective

Plath is shown not as a passive victim of despair, but as a brilliant intellectual and visionary poet.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 16 Oct. 2026
In the process, Hall, Woodford, and other scholars helped breathe new life into the ideas of economics giant John Maynard Keynes, whose intellectual legacy, for a time, seemed in danger of melting away.

— Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026

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