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| Main Entry: | |
| 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
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| Main Entry: | academic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scholar or university/college teacher |
| Synonyms: | academician, lecturer, professor, pupil, scholar, scholastic, student, tutor |
| Antonyms: | ignoramus |
| Main Entry: | authority |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expert, animate or inanimate |
| Synonyms: | CEO, arbiter, aristocrat, bible, big cheese, big shot, big wig, boss, brains, brass, buff*, city hall, connoisseur, czar, egghead, establishment*, exec, executive, expert, feds, front office, governor, guru, ivory dome, judge, kingfish, kingpin, law*, power elite, pro, professional, professor, pundit, scholar, specialist, textbook, top brass, top dog, top hand, upstairs, veteran, virtuoso, whiz, wizard |
* = 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: | egghead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intellectual |
| Synonyms: | bluestocking, bookworm, brain*, geek*, genius, highbrow, know-it-all, longhair, rocket scientist, scholar, thinker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gentleperson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | polite, well-mannered person |
| Synonyms: | aristocrat, brick, good egg, good person, nice person, noble, scholar |
| Main Entry: | highbrow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intellectual, very smart person |
| Synonyms: | Einstein, academic, academician, bluestocking, brain*, egghead, genius, illuminato, intelligentsia, literato, longhair, philosopher, sage, savant, scholar, thinker, whiz* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | learner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who receives education |
| Synonyms: | abecedarian, apprentice, beginner, bookworm, catechumen, disciple, initiate, neophyte, novice, probationer, pupil, scholar, student, trainee |
| Antonyms: | ignoramus |
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