/ Thesaurus / A Synonyms of academic department Find synonyms for: Noun1. academic department, department, sectionusage: a division of a school that is responsible for a given subjectWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: effervescent Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language