savant
noun
1 savant
Someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field.
synonyms: initiate, learned person, pundit.
Roget 492:
scholar,
connoisseur,
savant,
pundit,
schoolman†,
professor,
graduate,
wrangler;
academician,
academist†;
master of arts,
doctor,
licentitate,
gownsman;
philosopher,
master of math;
scientist,
clerk;
sophist,
sophister†;
linguist;
glossolinguist,
philologist;
philologer†;
lexicographer,
glossographer;
grammarian;
litterateur [Fr.],
literati,
dilettanti,
illuminati,
cogniscenti [It];
fellow,
Hebraist,
lexicologist,
mullah,
munshi†,
Sanskritish;
sinologist,
sinologue†;
Mezzofanti†,
admirable Crichton,
Mecaenas.
bookworm,
helluo librorum [Lat.];
bibliophile,
bibliomaniac†;
bluestocking,
bas-bleu [Fr.];
bigwig,
learned Theban,
don;
Artium Baccalaureus [Lat.],
Artium Magister [Lat.].
learned man,
literary man;
homo multarum literarum [Lat.];
man of learning,
man of letters,
man of education,
man of genius.
antiquarian,
antiquary;
archaeologist.
sage
etc.
(wise man)
500.
pedant,
doctrinaire;
pedagogue,
Dr.
Pangloss;
pantologist†,
criminologist.
schoolboy
etc.
(learner)
541.
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Dutch: geleerde, hooggeleerde, opinieleider
adjective
Roget 490:
knowing
etc.
v.;
cognitive;
acroamatic†.
aware of,
cognizant of,
conscious of;
acquainted with,
made acquainted with;
privy to,
no stranger to;
au fait with,
au courant;
in the secret;
up to,
alive to;
behind the scenes,
behind the curtain;
let into;
apprized of,
informed of;
undeceived.
proficient with,
versed with,
read with,
forward with,
strong with,
at home in;
conversant with,
familiar with.
erudite,
instructed,
leaned,
lettered,
educated;
well conned,
well informed,
well read,
well grounded,
well educated;
enlightened,
shrewd,
savant,
blue,
bookish,
scholastic,
solid,
profound,
deep-read,
book-learned;
accomplished
etc.
(skillful)
698;
omniscient;
self-taught.
known
etc.
v.;
ascertained,
well-known,
recognized,
received,
notorious,
noted;
proverbial;
familiar,
familiar as household words,
familiar to every schoolboy;
hackneyed,
trite,
trivial,
commonplace.
cognoscible†,
cognizable.
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Moby thesaurus: Admirable Crichton, academician, adept, aficionado, amateur, artisan, artist, attache, authority, bookman, buff, classicist, clerk, colossus of knowledge, connaisseur, connoisseur, consultant, cordon bleu, crack shot, craftsman, critic, dead shot, dilettante, diplomat, diplomatist, doctor, elder, elder statesman, experienced hand, experimental scientist, expert, expert consultant, fan, freak, genius, giant of learning, graduate, great soul, guru, handy man, humanist, illuminate, intellect, intellectual, journeyman, learned clerk, learned man, literary man, litterateur, lover of learning, lover of wisdom, mahatma, man of intellect, man of learning, man of letters, man of science, man of wisdom, mandarin, marksman, master, mastermind, mentor, mine of information, no slouch, nut, oracle, philologist, philologue, philomath, philosophe, philosopher, politician, polyhistor, polymath, practical scientist, pro, professional, professor, proficient, pundit, rabbi, rishi, sage, sapient, scholar, scholastic, schoolman, scientist, seer, shark, sharp, specialist, starets, statesman, student, technical adviser, technical expert, technician, technologist, thinker, walking encyclopedia, wise man, wise old man ... show more.
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