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What is another word for
ivory-tower
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Adjective
Separated from reality and practical matters despite being academic
Fanciful in nature, not realistic
Of, involving, or existing only as a fanciful idea
Nitpicky or cerebral to the point of being pompous
Protected from difficulties or unpleasant realities
Noun
The process or fact of isolating or being isolated or separated
The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research
A place providing shelter or protection from danger
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Adjective
▲
Separated from reality and practical matters despite being academic
academic
academical
ivory-towered
ivory-towerish
theoretical
hypothetical
conjectural
notional
abstract
suppositional
conceptual
speculative
vague
suppositious
irrelevant
indefinite
general
suppositive
useless
unpragmatic
ideal
unrealistic
conjectured
putative
theoretic
ideational
impractical
philosophical
intellectual
tentative
presumed
assumed
postulated
analytical
formularized
metaphysical
logical
presumptive
transcendental
formalistic
codified
supposed
presupposed
unsubstantiated
unproven
idealized
US
ideological
unproved
contingent
hypothetic
idealised
UK
unreal
pedantic
in theory
imaginary
scientific
untested
unfounded
groundless
suspect
conjecturable
doubtful
postulatory
unconfirmed
uncertain
systematic
pure
recondite
debatable
experimental
fundamental
basic
imaginative
instanced
disputable
assumptive
methodical
transcendent
based on guesswork
diagnostic
analytic
as a premise
in the abstract
unpractical
intangible
immaterial
non-practical
nonconcrete
non-technical
blue-sky
reachy
paradigmatic
presumptuous
higher
apparent
purported
alleged
supposititious
likely
quixotic
problematical
unearthly
provisional
on paper
asserted
inferential
rough
approximate
projected
conceptive
accurate
empirical
meticulous
organized
US
mathematical
organised
UK
factual
thetic
rigorous
deductive
imagined
research-based
knowledge-based
questionable
indeterminate
contestable
stochastic
concocted
conditional
provisory
proposed
made up
deep
esoteric
supernatural
abstruse
profound
reputed
oversubtle
incorporeal
jesuitic
philosophic
numinous
mystical
ontological
high-flown
surmised
inferred
suspected
guessing
surmising
guesstimated
figured
postulational
on a hunch
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“The meaning is becoming ever more promiscuous as a result of direct attacks on this
ivory tower
concept of scholarship.”
Adjective
▲
Fanciful in nature, not realistic
idealised
UK
idealized
US
fanciful
unrealistic
delusory
far-fetched
idealistic
illogical
impossible
improbable
irrational
naive
nonrealistic
non-viable
perfectionist
reachy
romantic
theoretical
unfeasible
unlikely
unreasonable
utopian
impractical
unworkable
wild
absurd
quixotic
impracticable
unreal
unserviceable
unattainable
infeasible
starry-eyed
nonviable
unusable
nonfunctional
otherworldly
no-go
won't fly
useless
inapplicable
nonpractical
chimerical
inoperable
inefficacious
irrealizable
unnegotiable
out of the question
not a prayer
visionary
silly
abstract
speculative
unbusinesslike
not sensible
half-baked
crazy
foolish
unwise
unworldly
senseless
unachievable
potty
nonsensical
gone
blue sky
not applicable
ineffectual
dreamy
idealist
quixotical
starry
optimistic
dreaming
happy
hoping
head-in-the-clouds
on cloud nine
unrealizable
unviable
unpractical
crackpot
ill-considered
cock-eyed
ill-thought-out
outlandish
out of touch with reality
eccentric
out there
airy-fairy
hopeful
exaggerated
idyllic
high-flown
fantastic
whimsical
imaginative
fabulous
fictitious
extravagant
legendary
imaginary
Micawberish
Panglossian
implausible
made-up
ivory-towered
fairy-tale
unobtainable
inconceivable
preposterous
hopeless
unthinkable
vain
unimaginable
insurmountable
forlorn
incredible
undoable
insolvable
unsolvable
risible
insuperable
irresoluble
outrageous
irresolvable
paradoxical
farcical
impervious
insoluble
futile
laughable
inexecutable
ridiculous
inaccessible
impassable
unbelievable
ludicrous
hardly possible
no-way
too much
beyond one
not possible
hare-brained
way out
beyond you
not to be thought of
not worth considering
not on
like herding cats
hundred-to-one
beyond the bounds of possibility
contrary to reason
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Adjective
▲
Of, involving, or existing only as a fanciful idea
ideal
imaginary
unreal
visionary
fanciful
fantastic
fictitious
romantic
unattainable
fabulous
mythical
fairy-tale
hypothetical
impracticable
impractical
ivory-towered
quixotic
theoretical
unachievable
unfeasible
unworkable
utopian
chimeric
chimerical
fantasied
fantastical
fictional
idealised
UK
idealized
US
imaginal
imagined
invented
made-up
make-believe
mythic
notional
phantasmal
phantasmic
phantom
poetic
pretend
imagal
mercurial
dreamlike
extravagant
high-flown
mental
transcendent
transcendental
unearthly
out-of-reach
in the clouds
pie-in-the-sky
illusory
fictive
delusive
hallucinatory
whimsical
suppositious
delusory
fake
fancied
untrue
fantasy
fabricated
sham
ostensible
fallacious
illusive
supposititious
phantasmagoric
misleading
false
legendary
seeming
apparent
concocted
pseudo
nonexistent
apocryphal
blue-sky
deceitful
mistaken
figmental
phantasmagorical
semblant
devised
non-existent
dreamed-up
deceptive
surreal
mythological
shadowy
storybook
dream
abstract
idealistic
made up
nightmarish
psychedelic
assumed
specious
quixotical
imaginative
unsubstantial
dreamy
unrealistic
bogus
hopeful
simulated
ideological
starry
spectral
otherworldly
airy
wild
apparitional
ambitious
spurious
synthetic
pretended
blue sky
pipe dream
fantasized
US
trumped up
fool's paradise
fantasised
UK
hyped up
product of someone's imagination
thought up
play-play
starry-eyed
unworldly
idealist
academic
phantasm
artificial
created
absurd
vain
Kafkaesque
insubstantial
bizarre
improvised
manufactured
phantasmagorial
phantasmagorian
lofty
created out of thin air
queer
prepared
conceived
in your head
trumped-up
mock
dreamt up
fabled
phoney
UK
fraudulent
ridiculous
capricious
crackpot
folkloric
offbeat
flakey
US
vaporous
flaky
UK
platonic
Platonic
heroic
feigned
fairy tale
phony
US
on cloud nine
pie in the sky
castles in the air
out of this world
symbolic
traditional
allegorical
proverbial
symbolical
impossible
erroneous
perfectionist
deceiving
misguided
pretentious
ethereal
illusionary
naive
delusional
hollow
Barmecidal
Barmecide
supposed
virtual
invisible
all in one's head
figment of imagination
counterfeit
contrived
wrong
inaccurate
incorrect
untruthful
distorted
falsified
unfounded
cooked-up
faked
forged
inexact
doubtful
flawed
storied
off
fishy
dishonest
cooked up
invalid
unsound
dubious
debatable
questionable
improbable
deluding
beguiling
imitation
incredible
epic
faux
unauthentic
inauthentic
adopted
counterfactual
doctored
cod
mythologic
economical with the truth
faulty
unlikely
affected
suspect
imprecise
unbelievable
out
equivocal
unsubstantiated
ersatz
iffy
illogical
exaggerated
baseless
dummy
truthless
impalpable
sophistical
disputable
parabolic
nebulous
factitious
plastic
pseudonymous
unnatural
put-on
counterfeited
unreliable
in error
hoax
immaterial
framed
famed
intangible
trick
chimeral
famous
so-called
enchanted
magical
substitute
mendacious
terminologically inexact
unhistoric
unhistorical
unverifiable
lying
imitative
unfactual
nonfactual
fakey
unheard of
make believe
mimic
impostrous
highly colored
not true
groundless
unsupported
unproven
foundationless
engineered
pinchbeck
not genuine
adulterine
man-made
uncorroborated
ungrounded
strained
forced
pseud
mechanical
phoney-baloney
phony-baloney
dodgy
misinformed
dicey
sophistic
optimistic
idyllic
reasonless
mad
unreasoned
way off beam
without basis
ill-founded
off beam
full of holes
without foundation
way off
unpractical
out of touch with reality
head-in-the-clouds
Panglossian
Micawberish
conjectural
unverified
speculative
suppositional
presumed
improper
unauthenticated
putative
casuistic
off the mark
misrepresentative
contrary to fact
insincere
colored
US
coloured
UK
theoretic
uncanonical
conjectured
presupposed
postulated
academical
implausible
ungenuine
vague
presumptive
preposterous
inconceivable
outlandish
indefinite
unconvincing
uncertain
conjecturable
flimsy
unconfirmed
nonsensical
ludicrous
outrageous
assumptive
contingent
sensational
conditional
provisory
indeterminate
contestable
stochastic
proposed
dubitable
farfetched
incongruous
farcical
tall
embellished
suspicious
spectacular
laughable
incoherent
overblown
hyperbolic
shady
embroidered
far-fetched
cock and bull
hard to swallow
hard to take
far out
histrionic
arguable
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Nitpicky or cerebral to the point of being pompous
pedantic
pompous
pretentious
egotistic
ostentatious
stilted
priggish
grandiose
highfalutin
stagy
posh
theatrical
hifalutin
schmaltzy
hoity-toity
high-minded
over-elaborate
la-de-da
poncey
gone Hollywood
affected
high falutin'
high-flown
toffee-nosed
campy
chichi
la-di-da
fancy-pants
Adjective
▲
Protected from difficulties or unpleasant realities
sheltered
comfortable
cushy
privileged
cosy
UK
cozy
US
wrapped in cotton wool
ivory-towered
ivory tower
warm
snug
homely
restful
homey
soft
inviting
homelike
pleasant
cheerful
comfy
mellow
comforting
secure
welcoming
agreeable
snuggly
homestyle
intimate
safe
canny
easeful
relaxed
easy
appealing
down-home
relaxing
hospitable
congenial
friendly
informal
snug as a bug in a rug
familiar
delightful
ergonomic
harmonious
easygoing
reassuring
gemütlich
folksy
soothing
toasty
warming
hot
laid back
enjoyable
laid-back
livable
plush
convenient
satisfying
useful
made well
domestic
homy
downhome
home-like
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Noun
▲
The process or fact of isolating or being isolated or separated
isolation
seclusion
solitude
segregation
sequestration
solitariness
separation
insulation
detachment
quarantine
secludedness
separateness
retirement
privateness
withdrawal
reclusiveness
retreat
reclusion
concealment
remoteness
confinement
disconnection
closeting
hiding
protection
desolation
partitioning
exile
beleaguerment
seclusiveness
insularity
shielding
monkhood
self-sufficiency
setting apart
keeping apart
ivory tower
privacy
aloneness
loneliness
lonesomeness
peace and quiet
shelter
exclusion
peace
secrecy
loneness
division
disunion
aloofness
purdah
dissociation
silence
quiet
apartheid
peacefulness
quietness
discrimination
inaccessibility
blockade
friendlessness
alienation
singleness
partition
space
freedom from interference
detention
lack of interruption
lack of disturbance
me time
time alone
one's space
solitary time
alone time
lone time
solitary confinement
splitting up
restriction
sanctuary
obscurity
desert
isolating
desertedness
confidentiality
separatism
personal space
clandestineness
penetralia
discretion
ghettoization
lazaretto
sorting out
lack of friends
lack of companions
cordon sanitaire
an ivory tower
lack of company
split
severance
break
sundering
uncoupling
divorce
disengagement
imprisonment
disjunction
disseverment
incarceration
distinction
distancing
custody
lockdown
schism
bifurcation
dissolution
scission
fractionalization
fractionation
cleavage
breakup
rupture
dividing
parting
splitting
demarcation
dismemberment
breaking up
break-up
dividing up
rift
differentiation
subdivision
partitionment
dichotomy
trichotomy
delimitation
split-up
marking off
disaffiliation
disconnect
dialysis
disassociation
taking apart
bisection
segmentation
dissection
detaching
carving
cleaving
separating
breaking
parceling
US
departmentalizing
vivisection
parcelling
UK
ramification
disuniting
disparting
disseverance
carving up
cutting up
breaking down
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Noun
▲
The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research
academia
academe
academicians
savants
scholars
university
academic circles
academic community
academic world
academic life
college circles
ivory tower
scholarly world
scientific community
university circles
university life
the academy
the groves of Academe
educational setting
university world
educational realm
educational world
academic affairs
academic realm
college world
scholastic world
academic setting
study
hermitage
intellectual isolation
halls of ivy
Noun
▲
A place providing shelter or protection from danger
asylum
refuge
sanctuary
shelter
haven
retreat
sanctum
hideaway
harbor
US
hideout
harbour
UK
harborage
foxhole
oasis
hole
port
bolt-hole
safe haven
hiding place
safe house
place of safety
port in a storm
safe keeping
ivory tower
den
cover
covert
shield
fastness
resort
querencia
zoar
immunity
stronghold
preserve
ark
escape
home
anchorage
bolthole
succor
US
succour
UK
hide-out
safe place
place of shelter
bolt hole
protection
screen
defence
UK
defense
US
convent
church
hole-up
nest
hermitage
lair
hidey-hole
security
concealment
nook
haunt
safe harbour
UK
hidy-hole
safe harbor
US
safety
habitat
sanctum sanctorum
place of security
stash
housing
place of escape
shade
dwelling
lodging
accommodation
snuggery
centre
UK
center
US
source
cradle
hangout
purlieu
cloister
rendezvous
pen
domain
aegis
secluded spot
joint
resting place
stomping ground
stamping ground
secret place
snug
island
safeguarding
dacha
cottage
lee
private room
cabin
adytum
safeguard
cache
grith
hiding
a roof
ward
wall
comfort zone
recess
roof
hotbed
private space
digs
shed
pad
quarterage
crib
patch
local
accommodations
safe space
bastion
territory
living quarters
focus
nursery
hothouse
seedbed
somewhere to stay
somewhere to live
roof over head
hole in the wall
manor
dive
a roof over your head
ashram
bar
hang-out
biosphere
site
habitation
abode
favourite spot
watering hole
meeting place
social place
honky-tonk
spot
shrine
spiritual retreat
homeless shelter
natural home
home ground
breeding ground
prayer retreat
meditation retreat
realm
fount
fountainhead
place of solitude
spa
night shelter
emergency housing
warming center
temporary housing
honeypot
camp
park
tourist trap
tourist centre
holiday centre
place of origin
holiday spot
holiday destination
fat farm
watering place
tourist center
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