Synonyms for philosopher
fɪˈlɒs ə fərphiloso·pher

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Person
   • Philosophy
   • Scholar

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. 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!”

2. 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.

3. unknown:

   You will not find the warrior, the poet, the philosopher or the Christian by staring into his eyes as if he were your mistress: better fight beside him, read with him, argue with him, pray with him.

4. Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire:

   Philosopher A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth.

5. Benjamin Franklin:

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