scholar

schol·ar

noun \ˈskä-lər\

Definition of SCHOLAR

1

: a person who attends a school or studies under a teacher : pupil

2

a : a person who has done advanced study in a special field b : a learned person

3

: a holder of a scholarship

Examples of SCHOLAR

1. She's a renowned scholar of African-American history.
2. <scholars have long debated whether there is ever such a thing as a truly selfless act>

Origin of SCHOLAR

Middle English scoler, from Old English scolere & Anglo-French escoler, from Medieval Latin scholaris, from Late Latin, of a school, from Latin schola school

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to SCHOLAR

Synonyms: pundit, savant, sage

Antonyms: amateur, inexpert, nonexpert

Related Words: seer, wise man; polyhistor, polymath, Renaissance man; brain, egghead, genius, highbrow, intellect, intellectual, thinker, whiz, wizard; guru, mahatma, pandit, swami, yogi (also yogin); rabbi; master, mentor, teacher

Near Antonyms: blockhead, dodo, dolt, donkey, dope, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fathead, fool, goon, half-wit, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, jackass, know-nothing, moron, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, numskull (or numbskull), pinhead, simpleton, stock, turkey

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Other Education Terms

baccalaureate, colloquium, corequisite, dissertation, monograph, pedant, practicum, survey course, thesis

Rhymes with SCHOLAR

choler, collar, dollar, haler, holler, loller, Mahler, taler