Synonyms of scholarly

scholarly

adjective

ˈskä-lər-lē 

1

as in literate

having or displaying advanced knowledge or education

a scholarly analysis of the historical document

Synonyms & Similar Words

• literate
• educated
• civilized
• cultured
• erudite
• academic
• skilled
• knowledgeable
• academical
• well-read
• lettered
• learned
• intellectual
• instructed
• informed
• cultivated
• cerebral
• professorial
• highbrow
• polished
• didactic
• bookish
• pedantic
• well-bred
• schooled
• didactical
• enlightened
• trained
• versed
• refined
• highbrowed
• briefed
• polymathic
• inkhorn
• self-educated
• overeducated
• self-taught
• polymath
• homeschooled
• self-instructed
• polyhistoric

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unscholarly
• ignorant
• illiterate
• uneducated
• unlettered
• dark
• benighted
• unlearned
• uncivilized
• uncultivated
• uncultured
• semiliterate
• unintellectual
• lowbrow
• unpolished
• unrefined
• uninformed
• untutored
• unschooled
• unknowledgeable
• untaught
• uninstructed
• undereducated
• ill-bred

2

as in educational

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• educational
• academical
• academic
• scholastic
• educative
• collegiate
• intellectual
• pedagogic
• professorial
• pedagogical
• bookish
• curricular
• nerdy
• pedantic
• geeky
• postgraduate
• instructive
• donnish
• tweedy
• nerdish
• graduate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonacademic
• unscholarly
• noneducational
• extracurricular
• cocurricular
• unacademic
• noncollegiate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of scholarly

And yet, despite her mainly scholarly interest in Catholicism, the world turned its eyes to Pope Crave, an X account Bin created just five months ago, for up-to-the-second news about this week’s conclave to elect a successor to the late Pope Francis. —Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2025

Alongside her adoring Bembo, Ginevra cultivated a circle of scholarly male admirers who found her fascinating and coveted her company. —E.r. Zarevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025

Accessibility has found a foothold in scholarly communications the world over during the past ten years in no small part because of laws mandating it. —The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 7 May 2025

With the study of life in prison growing as a scholarly field, such sales are becoming more common. —Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025