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savant

noun as in scholar

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Imagine having 41 of the best runners in the world flown in for the sole purpose of pacing you to glory, and a vast team of logistics savants dedicating years of planning to help you succeed on the day.

Most algorithms trained to accomplish a specific task—like, in DeepMind’s case, to win at games such as Go or Starcraft—are savants.

The Good Doctor, ABC’s medical drama about an autistic savant who works as a surgical resident, premiered that September and became an instant hit.

From Time

The autistic savant has a gallery in London and has traveled the world while creating his unforgettable images.

From Ozy

In the past few years, even broadcast hits like ABC’s “The Good Doctor,” about a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, are unafraid to tackle these challenges.

Like a savant, he navigates us through a tasting of three French beers, finished off by a pairing with 18-month-old comté cheese.

She has a blog, Fox on Stocks, where the self-taught savant holds forth on the ins and outs of the market.

Internet savant Aaron Swartz was found dead in his New York apartment on Friday from an apparent suicide.

The New York Times electoral savant was said to be “controversial.”

Lynette becomes a CEO and she and Tom (Doug Savant) move to New York City, buy a penthouse, and have six grandchildren.

The perfumer destined this engraving for the savant Vauquelin, to whom he was under obligations.

The future famous savant (Desplein) watched by his bedside at the last and closed his eyes.

She looked up to the young savant, if not as a god or hero, at least as a man far superior to his contemporaries.

I had been thinking lately that the distinguished savant was going decidedly wrong.

Liszt wrote a rejoinder in which he failed to justify himself, but succeeded in giving the poor savant some hard hits.

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On this page you'll find 32 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to savant, such as: academic, bookworm, brain, egghead, expert, and intellect.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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