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Synonyms & Antonyms of professorial
as in nerdy, bookish
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for professorial
- academic
- (also academical),
- educational,
- intellectual,
- scholarly,
- scholastic
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for professorial
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The first known use of professorial was in 1713
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