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faculty

[fak-uhl-tee] / ˈfæk əl ti /
NOUN
ability, skill
Synonyms
STRONG
adroitness aptitude aptness bent capability capacity cleverness dexterity facility flair forte genius gift instinct intelligence knack leaning nose peculiarity penchant pistol power predilection proclivity propensity property quality readiness reason sense strength talent turn wits
WEAK
knowing way around right stuff what it takes
Antonyms
STRONG
antipathy disinclination dislike hate ignorance impotence inability incapacity incompetence ineptitude ineptness lack stupidity weakness
WEAK
need students
NOUN
teachers in educational institution
Synonyms
STRONGEST
department institute personnel staff university
STRONG
academics advisers body clinic college corps employees instructors lecturers literati mentors organization pedagogues professors profs researchers scholars society tutors workers
WEAK
professorate
Antonyms
WEAK
inability incompetence ineptness lack need students

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The school’s survival is an uncomfortable topic among faculty, alumni and students.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

It has sold property, rented out dorms, trimmed a third of its faculty, cut courses and about doubled its endowment withdrawals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

DeShazier is the director of experiential education and affiliate faculty at McCormick Theological Institute, and senior pastor at University Church Chicago in Hyde Park.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

"You often have undergraduates that are part of papers - faculty choose undergraduates all the time to work on papers and projects. But for an undergraduate to be the lead author is a huge deal."

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The purple mohawk was long gone, but Sydney still felt like the same person who’d tormented the faculty at Wallangarra.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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