Bookish
Bookish adjective - Suggestive of the vocabulary used in books.
Schoolmasterly and bookish are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Schoolmasterly" instead an adjective "Bookish".
Schoolmasterly
Bookish and schoolmasterly are semantically related. You can use "Bookish" instead an adjective "Schoolmasterly".
Nearby Word: schoolmaster
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- formal and bookish
- formal and schoolmasterly
- sententious and bookish
- sententious and schoolmasterly
- abstruse and bookish
- abstruse and schoolmasterly
- pompous and bookish
- pompous and schoolmasterly
- stilted and bookish
- stilted and schoolmasterly
- pedantic and bookish
- pedantic and schoolmasterly
- priggish and bookish
- priggish and schoolmasterly
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