Synonyms for Scholar
ˈskɒl ərschol·ar

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1. scholar

   The primary sense of a scholar is one who is being schooled; thence the word passes to denote one who is apt in school work, and finally one who is thoroughly schooled, master of what the schools can teach, an erudite, accomplished person: when used without qualification, the word is generally understood in this latter sense; as, he is manifestly a scholar. Pupil signifies one under the close personal supervision or instruction of a teacher or tutor. Those under instruction in schools below the academic grade are technically and officially termed pupils. The word pupil is uniformly so used in the Reports of the Commissioner of Education of the United States, but popular American usage prefers scholar in the original sense; as, teachers and scholars enjoyed a holiday. Those under instruction in Sunday-schools are uniformly designated as Sunday-school scholars. Student is applied to those in the higher grades or courses of study, as the academic, collegiate, scientific, etc. Student suggests less proficiency than scholar in the highest sense, the student being one who is learning, the scholar one who has learned. On the other hand, student suggests less of personal supervision than pupil; thus, the college student often becomes the private pupil of some instructor in special studies. For disciple, etc., compare synonyms for ADHERENT.

   Synonyms:
   disciple, learner, pupil, savant, student

   Antonyms:
   dunce, fool, idiot, idler, ignoramus, illiterate person

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1. scholar

   Synonyms:
   pupil, learner, disciple, student, schoolman, scientist, savant, gownsman, linguist

   Antonyms:
   master, teacher, preceptor, professor, ignoramus, dunce

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.3 / 3 votes

1. scholar, scholarly person, bookman, studentnoun

   a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

   Synonyms:
   bookman, assimilator, scholar, scholarly person, student, learner, educatee, pupil

2. learner, scholar, assimilatornoun

   someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

   Synonyms:
   bookman, apprentice, scholar, scholarly person, prentice, assimilator, student, learner

3. scholarnoun

   a student who holds a scholarship

   Synonyms:
   bookman, learner, assimilator, student, scholarly person

Matched Categories

1. • Person
   • Student

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1. scholarnoun

   Synonyms:
   disciple, pupil, student, learner

2. scholarnoun

   Synonyms:
   SAVANT, learned man, erudite person, one of the literati

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1. scholarnoun

   Synonyms:
   pupil, student, learner, disciple, savant, philomath

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1. List of paraphrases for "scholar":

   scholars, cleric, researcher, investigator, savant, academic, scientist, awardee, specialist

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How to use Scholar in a sentence?

1. Chuang-tzu:

   He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.

2. Robbie Kass:

   Besides being an accomplished actor, was also a true gentleman and a scholar, as well as being an incredibly kind and decent man. He will be sorely missed, my friend Ed Herrmann was the kindest, classiest, most talented man. It was an honor and a joy to know him, a devastating blow to lose him.

3. J. Frank Dobie:

   in the university I am a wild man; in the wilds I am a scholar and a poet

4. John Tantillo:

   Being a true scholar means considering all opinions NOT just the ones we agree with.

5. Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU:

   Philosopher, observer, scholar of our time; Original creator accepting no blunders, Emphasizing the gala of the pen, he ponders The tomes of literary jewels for life's rime!