Clues for the word "ACADEMY"

We've had 58 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 124 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on May 23, 2026.

Definition of academy

n. - A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy of which Plato was head.
n. - An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a rank between a college and a common school.
n. - A place of training; a school.
n. - A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science; as, the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology.
n. - A school or place of training in which some special art is taught; as, the military academy at West Point; a riding academy; the Academy of Music.