| Main Entry: | bookworm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | booklover |
Synonyms: |
bibliophile, intellectual, reader, savant, scholar |
| Main Entry: | egghead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intellectual |
Synonyms: |
bluestocking, bookworm, brain*, geek*, genius, highbrow, know-it-all, longhair, rocket scientist, scholar, thinker |
| 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 |
| 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: | pupil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is learning something |
Synonyms: |
adherent, attendant, beginner, bookworm, brain*, catechumen, disciple, first-year student, follower, graduate student, junior, learner, neophyte, novice, satellite, scholar, schoolboy/ girl, senior, sophomore, student, tenderfoot, undergraduate |
Antonyms: |
professor, teacher |
| 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: | scholar |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | studious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scholarly, attentive |
Synonyms: |
academic, assiduous, bookish, bookworm, busy, careful, contemplative, diligent, eager, earnest, grubbing, hard-working, industrious, intellectual, learned, lettered, meditative, reflective, sedulous, serious, thoughtful, well-informed, well-read |
Antonyms: |
ignorant, inattentive, lazy, unscholarly |
| Main Entry: | wonk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excessive studier |
Synonyms: |
bookworm, brain*, dweeb, geek*, greasy grind, grind*, grub, nerd, poindexter, swotter |
| Main Entry: | pedant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | formalist |
Synonyms: |
bluestocking, bookworm, doctrinaire, dogmatist, egghead, methodologist, pedagogue, waling encyclopedia |
