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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is an expert in a field |
| Synonyms: | ace, adept, attending physician, authority, connoisseur, consultant, devotee, doctor, guru*, old hand, old pro, pro*, professional, pundit, sage, savant, scholar, technician, veteran, virtuoso |
| Antonyms: | general practitioner |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | venerable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | respected |
| Synonyms: | admirable, aged, august, dignified, esteemed, estimable, experienced, grand, grave, honorable, honored, imposing, matriarchal, noble, patriarchal, philosophical, revered, reverenced, reverend, sacred, sage, sedate, serious, stately, venerated, wise, worshipful, worshipped |
| Antonyms: | unrespected |
| Main Entry: | thinker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intellectual |
| Synonyms: | brain, casuist, mastermind, mind, philosopher, sage, scholar, sophist, student, theorist |
| Main Entry: | magus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sorcerer |
| Synonyms: | magi, magician, sage, seer, wizard |
| Main Entry: | wise |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intelligent, reasonable |
| Synonyms: | astute, aware, calculating, careful, clever, cogitative, contemplative, crafty, cunning, discerning, discreet, educated, enlightened, erudite, experienced, foresighted, grasping, informed, insightful, intuitive, judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, perspicacious, politic, prudent, rational, reflective, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, scholarly, sensible, sensing, sharp, shrewd, smart, sophic, sound, tactful, taught, thoughtful, understanding, wary, well-informed, witty |
| Antonyms: | foolish, ignorant, stupid, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise |
| Main Entry: | farsighted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | perceptive |
| Synonyms: | acute, canny, cautious, clairvoyant, commonsensical, cool-headed, discerning, far-seeing, judicious, levelheaded, politic, prescient, provident, prudent, sagacious, sage, shrewd, well-balanced, wise |
| Antonyms: | myopic, nearsighted, rash, shortsighted, unwise |
| Main Entry: | leading light |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inspirational celebrity |
| Synonyms: | choice spirit, leader, luminary, master spirit, one in a million, sage, shining light, star, superstar |
| Main Entry: | learned person |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | educated person |
| Synonyms: | bibliophile, bookman, bookwoman, brain, erudite person, intellectual, know-it-all, man or woman of learning, man or woman of letters, sage, savant(e), scholar, walking encyclopedia |
| Antonyms: | ignoramus |
| Main Entry: | thinker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intellectual |
| Synonyms: | brain*, intellect, intellectualist, mastermind, philosopher, rocket scientist, sage, savant, scholar, sophist, theorist, visionary, wise man, wise person, wise woman |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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