scholar | ||
1. | [ noun ] a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines | |
Synonyms: | student scholarly_person | |
Related terms: | intellectual historian reader philosopher theologian alumnus Renaissance_man humanist pedant initiate Renaissance_man salutatorian doctor Schoolman cabalist mujtihad vedist valedictorian bibliographer Sinologist Arabist goliard Erasmus musicologist scholiast master licentiate lorenzo_de_medici crichton marcus_terentius_varro edmond_malone masorete classicist post_doc bibliophile academician | |
2. | [ noun ] (education) someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs | |
Synonyms: | learner assimilator | |
Related terms: | person enrollee quick_study swot memorizer tutee absorb | |
3. | [ noun ] (education) a student who holds a scholarship | |
Related terms: | student rhodes_scholar | |
Similar spelling: |
scholarly scalar schoolyard Schooler schoolwork schoolroom |