BELLETRISTICAL Antonyms

• associated with academia or an academy

• an educator who works at a college or university

• hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result

• marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects

• of or relating to or characterized by facts

• existing in act or fact

• tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance

• serving to instruct or enlighten or inform

• providing or conveying information

• of or relating to or used in instruction

• not fictional

• concerned with actual use or practice

• guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory

• being actually such in almost every respect

• having or put to a practical purpose or use

• characteristic of scholars or scholarship

• of or relating to the practice of science

• conforming with the principles or methods used in science

• concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities

• completely lacking in playfulness

• of great consequence

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

• appealing to the mind

• requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve

• of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill

• characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences

• of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles

• relating to or concerned with machinery or tools

• according to strict interpretation of the law or set of rules

• a pickup truck with a gun mounted on it

• (basketball) a foul that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conduct; does not usually involve physical contact during play

• of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood

• resulting from or dependent on market factors rather than fundamental economic considerations