PROFESSORIAL Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

professorial

adjective

Definition of professorial

as in pedagogical

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Recent Examples of professorial An English professor at Harvard and the author of two acclaimed novels, The Old Drift (2019) and The Furrows (2022), Serpell combines a professorial breadth of reference and a novelist’s fascination with the mechanics of literature. — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026 Learning to Engage McMillon has an almost professorial air that’s articulate, polite and exudes competence — but his skill set was honed by long years of experience. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Feb. 2026 Gabriel has secrets hiding beneath his professorial veneer. — Judy Berman, Time, 30 Jan. 2026 Hughes is a partner with the law firm Epstein Becker Green and a professorial lecturer in law at the George Washington University Law School. — Richard Hughes Iv, STAT, 12 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for professorial

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Adjective

In a pedagogical culture that tends to shy away from unpleasantness, Goodwin’s approach felt like an honest — and valuable — way of dealing with one of the ugliest aspects of American literary history.

— Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026
Educators are urged to critically evaluate these tools, prioritizing pedagogical value and student thinking over mere feature adoption.

— Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of pedagogical

Adjective

Read our full bookish tribute to Parton here, or learn how to sign up for the Imagination Library here.

— Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Over the years, The Book Rack has offered thousands of books across a wide range of fiction and nonfiction genres, along with candles, notebooks, bookish gifts and more than 100 puzzles.

— Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of bookish

Adjective

All this should be very exciting for fans who have long known one of their favorite games is still unbelievably nerdy and cheesy, but still wanted to see it in the mainstream.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2026
These polyester fits have also been parodied in video skits, where comedians put on an all-over polyester print outfit, like a wolf T-shirt and galaxy pants, and parody the stereotypical nerdy kid.

— Rachel Hale, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of nerdy

Adjective

If tweedy free-speech absolutists and their aggrieved students are capable of finding common ground, this will be the issue that unites them.

— Judy Berman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
As men's wear grew less formal, Woody Allen would stake a claim on baggy khaki and corduroy as the uniform of a tweedy, tightly wound New Yorker.

— Joshua Hunt, New York Times, 12 June 2024

Definition of tweedy

Adjective

Some are scholarly, some deliciously indiscreet, all are perceptive in one way or another, and one plunges wholesale into obsession.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
The menu is a scholarly affair, with drinks organized by decade and, beyond that, origin location.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of scholarly

Adjective

Advertisement Unfortunately, some of my academic and clinical colleagues have dismissed this approach.

— David H. Rosmarin, Time, 29 Aug. 2026
Hutton said Calumet College regularly sends representatives to the school to monitor it, including its governance system and academic programs.

— Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

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