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ˈskɒl ərschol·ar

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.6 / 5 votes

  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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 5 votes

  1. scholar

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

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

Princeton's WordNet4.3 / 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, 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, scholarly person, prentice, assimilator, student, learner

  3. scholarnoun

    a student who holds a scholarship

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

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. scholarnoun

    Synonyms:
    disciple, pupil, student, learner

  2. scholarnoun

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. scholarnoun

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

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How to use scholar in a sentence?

  1. Mohammed:

    The ink of a scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.

  2. George Frost Kennan:

    The very concept of history implies the scholar and the reader. Without a generation of civilized people to study history, to preserve its records, to absorb its lessons and relate them to its own problems, history, too, would lose its meaning.

  3. Mitch McConnell:

    President Trump could not have made a better decision. Judge Amy Coney Barrett is an exceptionally impressive jurist and an exceedingly well-qualified nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States, first, Judge Barrett built a reputation as a brilliant scholar at the forefront of the legal academy. Then she answered the call to public service. For three years on the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, she has demonstrated exactly the independence, impartiality, and fidelity to our laws and Constitution that Americans need and deserve on their highest Court.

  4. Lindsey Graham:

    I appreciate Justice Breyer’s service to our nation, he has always been a scholar and a gentleman whose record on the Supreme Court is solidly in the liberal camp. Justice Breyer has always shown great respect for the institution and his colleagues, and I wish him well in the next phase of his life.

  5. Tyre Sampson:

    Let's talk about the 4.0 intellectual that he could have been, he could've been a doctor, lawyer or scholar, an astronaut... The sky's the limit if you got potential. He had a lot of potential.


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