| Main Entry: | savant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scholar |
Synonyms: |
academic, bookworm, brain*, egghead, expert, intellect, intellectual, learned person, learner, master, philosopher, pundit, sage, wise person |
| Main Entry: | academia |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scholarly world |
Synonyms: |
academe, academic community, academicians, college, savants, school |
| Main Entry: | connoisseur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authority |
Synonyms: |
adept, aesthete, aficionado, appreciator, arbiter, bon vivant, buff*, cognoscente, critic, devotee, dilettante, epicure, expert, fan, freak*, gourmet, judge, maven*, nut*, one into, savant, specialist |
Antonyms: |
ignoramus |
| Main Entry: | cultured |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-bred, experienced |
Synonyms: |
able, accomplished, advanced, aesthetic, appreciative, au courant, blue-stocking, chivalrous, civilized, courteous, cultivated, distingue, educated, elegant, enlightened, erudite, gallant, genteel, high-class, highbrow, informed, intellectual, intelligent, knowledgeable, lettered, liberal, literary, literate, mannerly, polished, polite, refined, savant, scholarly, sensitive, sophisticated, tasteful, tolerant, traveled, understanding, up-to-date, urbane, versed, well-informed |
| Notes: | cultured refers to people and pearls; cultivated refers to mind, tastes, speech, or behavior |
Antonyms: |
ignorant, inexperienced, stupid, unsophisticated |
| 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* |
| 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: | philosopher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deep thinker |
Synonyms: |
logician, sage, savant, sophist, theorist, wise person |
| 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 |
| 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: | sage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wise person |
Synonyms: |
guide, guru, intellect, intellectual, learned person, mahatma, master, mentor, philosopher, pundit, savant, teacher, thinker, wise man/woman |