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ivory-tower

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of ivory-tower

very learned or educated but inexperienced in practical matters

a large public university that needs as its president not some ivory-tower intellectual but a skilled administrator

Synonyms of ivory-tower

academic (also academical), ivory-towered, ivory-towerish

Words Related to ivory-tower

cerebral, eggheaded, highbrow, intellectual

Near Antonyms of ivory-tower

astute, canny, clear-sighted, hardheaded, hard-nosed, knowing, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd, tough-minded

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