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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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Developers must also recruit top-tier faculty, design a new curriculum and prove the school’s worth in a marketplace dominated by Northeastern private and boarding schools founded more than a century ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The union is also asking for access to UC-administered housing programs, such as sub-market rate loans for home purchases that are available to certain faculty and senior employees.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

"I had never seen anything like it before," said Xiao, a faculty member in the College of Science.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

“I think students need to think about their network broadly in that way: their faculty, their career center, and, if they’re in clubs, the adviser to the clubs and the other club members.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Once the classroom tours were done, Miss Mortimer and Mrs. Apple had invited Penelope and the Incorrigibles to the faculty lounge for tea and biscuits.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

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