college

Noun

Meaning

A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops.

A society of scholars or friends of learning, incorporated for study or instruction, esp. in the higher branches of knowledge; as, the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and many American colleges.

A building, or number of buildings, used by a college.

Fig.: A community.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

school institute academy university campus faculty alma mater graduate school varsity higher education institution union corps department league association
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Antonyms

lyceum man ignorance demolition devastation gymnasium
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Hypernyms

body complex educational institution building complex

Hyponyms

junior college business college

Phrases with the word

Medical College College of Medicine College of Art further education college public college higher college

Anagrams

geocell

Examples

Generally young men are regarded as radicals. This is a popular misconception. The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates. The radicals are the men past middle life. Woodrow Wilson

Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. Mark Twain

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education. Theodore Roosevelt

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students. John Ciardi

I prefer ordinary girls - you know, college students, waitresses, that sort of thing. Most of the girls I go out with are just good friends. Just because I go out to the cinema with a girl, it doesn't mean we are dating. Leonardo DiCaprio

College isn't the place to go for ideas. Helen Keller

Close letter words and terms

colledge colleen collegatary college ball college boy college chaplain