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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | brain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very smart person |
| Synonyms: | Einstein, academician, doctor, egghead, genius, highbrow, intellect, intellectual, mastermind, prodigy, pundit, sage, scholar |
| Antonyms: | dumbo, dumdum, simpleton |
| Main Entry: | commentator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reporter |
| Synonyms: | analyst, annotator, announcer, correspondent, critic, expositor, interpreter, observer, pundit, reviewer, sportscaster, writer |
| Main Entry: | critic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | analyst, interpreter |
| Synonyms: | analyzer, annotator, arbiter, authority, caricaturist, cartoonist, commentator, connoisseur, diagnostic, evaluator, expert, expositor, judge, pundit, reviewer, sharpshooter |
| Main Entry: | intellect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | capability of the mind; someone with capable mind |
| Synonyms: | ability, acumen, brains, cerebration, comprehension, egghead, genius, intellectual, intellectuality, intelligence, intuition, judgment, mentality, mind, psyche, pundit, reason, savvy, sense, smarts, thinker, understanding, what it takes, wits |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
| 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: | master |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expert, skilled person, female or male |
| Synonyms: | ace*, adept, artist, artiste, authority, buff*, champion, connoisseur, conqueror, doctor, doyen, doyenne, genius, guru, maestro, maven, old hand, old pro, past master, prima donna, pro, professional, proficient, pundit, real pro, sage, savant, scientist, shark, victor, virtuoso, whiz*, whiz-bang, winner, wizard |
| Antonyms: | amateur |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | professional |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person prepared for work by extended study or practice |
| Synonyms: | adept, artist, artiste, authority, brain*, egghead, expert, hotshot, old hand, old pro, old war-horse, phenom, powerhouse, pro, proficient, pundit, shark, specialist, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz kid, whiz*, wizard |
| Antonyms: | amateur, apprentice, greenhorn, rookie |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | professor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who teaches college courses |
| Synonyms: | assistant, brain*, educator, egghead, faculty member, fellow, instructor, lecturer, pedagogue, principal, prof, pundit, quant, rocket scientist, sage, savant, teacher, tutor |
| Antonyms: | pupil, student |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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