academic robe

1. 1.

   a gown worn by academics or judges

   Synonymsacademic gownjudge's robe

   Broadergown

   NarrowerGeneva gown

   Part ofacademic costume

Questions about academic robe

What does academic robe mean?

academic robe means "a gown worn by academics or judges".

What is another word for academic robe?

Close synonyms include academic gown, judge's robe. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is academic robe a common word?

academic robe is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.