collegial

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kə lē′jəl, -jē əl; for 2 also kə lē′gē əl)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
col•le•gial  (kə lē′jəl, -jē əl; for 2 also kə lē′gē əl),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Educationcollegiate.
  2. of or characterized by the collective responsibility shared by each of a group of colleagues, with minimal supervision from above.
  • Latin collēgiālis. See college, -al1
  • Middle English 1300–50
col•le′gi•al•ly, adv. 

'collegial' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
collegiate - collegiality

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