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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deep thinker |
| Synonyms: | logician, sage, savant, sophist, theorist, wise person |
| Main Entry: | intellectual |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very smart person |
| Synonyms: | Einstein, academic, academician, avant-garde, brain*, braintruster, doctor, egghead, genius, highbrow, intelligentsia, philosopher, pundit, sage, scholar, thinker, whiz*, wizard |
| Antonyms: | ignoramus |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pundit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is authority |
| Synonyms: | auger, bookworm, brain*, buff, cereb, cognoscenti, egghead, expert, intellectual, learned one, philosopher, professor, savant, scholar, solon, teacher, thinker |
| Antonyms: | amateur |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wise person |
| Synonyms: | guide, guru, intellect, intellectual, learned person, mahatma, master, mentor, philosopher, pundit, savant, teacher, thinker, wise man/woman |
| Main Entry: | savant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scholar |
| Synonyms: | academic, bookworm, brain*, egghead, expert, intellect, intellectual, learned person, learner, master, philosopher, pundit, sage, wise person |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scholar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is very involved in education and learning |
| Synonyms: | academic, augur, bookish person, bookworm, brain*, critic, disciple, doctor, egghead, gnome, grind*, intellectual, learned person, learner, litterateur, person of letters, philosopher, professor, pupil, sage, savant, schoolchild, scientist, student, teacher, tool, wise person |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thinker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intellectual |
| Synonyms: | brain, casuist, mastermind, mind, philosopher, sage, scholar, sophist, student, theorist |
| Main Entry: | theologian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clergyperson |
| Synonyms: | clergy, cleric, curate, divine, ecclesiastic, philosopher, scholar |
| Main Entry: | interpreter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | translator |
| Synonyms: | analyst, annotator, artist, biographer, commentator, critic, decoder, delegate, editor, exegete, explicator, exponent, expositor, glossographer, guide, linguist, paraphraser, philosopher, professor, reviewer, scholar, speaker, spokesperson, writer |
| Notes: | an interpreter converts speech to another language and a translator converts writing to another language |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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