WordWeb Online

1. A secondary school (usually private)
    
2. An institution for the advancement of art, science or literature
   - honorary society
    
3. A school for special training
    
4. A learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge
    
5. [UK] A state-funded English school for children which is directly funded by central government and independent of the local authority
   - academy school [UK]

Derived forms: academies

Type of: establishment, Gymnasium, institution, lycée, lyceum, middle school, school, secondary school

Encyclopedia: Academy, Saint Louis