Academic
Academic adjective - Of or relating to schooling or learning especially at an advanced level.
Working
Working adjective - Capable of being put to use or account.
Usage example: as a would-be independent filmmaker, you'll need a working knowledge of motion picture photography and editing
How words are described
| fellow | fellow academic | fellow working |
| old | old academic | old working |
| successful | successful academic | successful working |
| professional | professional academic | professional working |
| Other adjectives: former. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Adventurer Archaeologist: Lorrimer and his wife Margot, until she died in an encounter with a Mummy.Roy: So by day you were an academic, working for London's London University, and by night you were a treasure hunter, working on commission?
Source: Podcast / The Monster Hunters - Fish out of Water: Jeffrey, an upper-class Shrinking Violet academic in charge of a holiday camp full of working class people.
Source: Series / Hi-de-Hi! -
Having lost his career and academic standing, he's spent his remaining time with a small cult of college-aged followers working on a way to escape Earth.
Source: Ignored Expert
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