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. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce:

   All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.

2. Saadi Shirazi:

   The sage who engages in controversy with ignorant people must not expect to be treated with honour; and if a fool should overpower a philosopher by his loquacity it is not to be wondered at, for a common stone will break a jewel.

3. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   I am not a philosopher but a friend, who, with great love and care, wants to share his thoughts.

4. Benjamin Franklin, letter to David Hartley, December 4, 1789:

   God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: "This is my country."

5. William Osler:

   There is a form of laughter that springs from the heart, heard every day in the merry voice of childhood, the expression of a laughter -- loving spirit that defies analysis by the philosopher, which has nothing rigid or mechanical in it, and totally without social significance. Bubbling spontaneously from the heart of child or man. Without egotism and full of feeling, laughter is the music of life.