royal academy

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   an honorary academy in London (founded in 1768) intended to cultivate painting and sculpture and architecture in Britain

   SynonymsRoyal Academy of Arts

   Broaderacademy

Questions about royal academy

What does royal academy mean?

royal academy means "an honorary academy in London (founded in 1768) intended to cultivate painting and sculpture and architecture in Britain".

What is another word for royal academy?

Close synonyms include Royal Academy of Arts. 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 royal academy a common word?

royal academy 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.