Synonyms for philosopher
fɪˈlɒs ə fərphiloso·pher

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. philosopher

   Synonyms:
   doctor, savant, teacher, master, schoolman

   Antonyms:
   ignoramus, sciolist, freshman, tyro, greenhorn, fool, booby, dunce

Princeton's WordNet

1. philosophernoun

   a specialist in philosophy

2. philosophernoun

   a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity

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1. • Person
   • Philosophy
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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. philosophernoun

   Synonyms:
   searcher after truth, student of first principles, seeker of wisdom

2. philosophernoun

   Synonyms:
   theorist, theorizer, man of abstractions, speculator

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1. List of paraphrases for "philosopher":

   philosophy, thinker, theorist

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1. Benjamin Franklin:

   If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

2. Letitia Elizabeth Landon:

   Truth is like the philosopher's stone, a thing not to be discovered.

3. Mick Mulroy:

   If we fail to shore up the moral and ethical bulwarks of our society we will have to live with the consequences. We will almost certainly watch our international reputation continue to wane. We will continue to lose our way and fracture at our many seams. A philosopher-king like Aurelius—American democratic leaders like Aurelius—can help us change course and save us from ourselves.

4. George Eliot, Scenes of Clerical Life - Amos Barton:

   Every man who is not a monster, mathematician or a mad philosopher, is the slave of some woman or other.

5. Abdel Fattah el-Sissi:

   I swear to God if I could be sold ... then I would be sold, field Marshal philosopher with a military background in good shape for sale.