| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |