(usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.

A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.

A member of the Academy; an academician.

Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato

“the academic sect or philosophy”

Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; also a scholarly society or organization.

Theoretical or speculative; abstract; scholarly, literary or classical, in distinction to practical or vocational

“I have always had an academic interest in hacking.”