What is another word for philosopher?
334 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ fɪlˈɒsəfə], [ fɪlˈɒsəfə], [ f_ɪ_l_ˈɒ_s_ə_f_ə]
A philosopher is someone who engages in deep thought and contemplation about the nature of existence, morality, and reality. Synonyms for philosopher include thinker, sage, intellectual, wise person, theorist, and scholar. These terms all describe a person who strives to understand the complexities of the world around them, using logic and reason to form opinions and theories. Some other synonyms for philosopher might include philosopher king, philosopher scientist, and skeptic. Each of these terms describes a type of philosopher with a different focus or interest, highlighting the diversity of the philosophical landscape and the many different ways that people can approach the big questions of life.
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Synonyms for Philosopher:
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- thoughts .
- academic ,
- academicians ,
- bluestocking ,
- bluestockings ,
- egghead ,
- einstein ,
- einsteins ,
- genius ,
- illuminato ,
- intelligentsia ,
- intelligentsias ,
- literato ,
- longhair ,
- philosopher .
- Exegete ,
- Explicator ,
- Expositor ,
- Paraphraser ,
- analyst ,
- annotator ,
- artist ,
- biographer ,
- biographers ,
- commentator ,
- decoder ,
- decoders ,
- delegate ,
- editor ,
- exegetes ,
- explicators ,
- exponent ,
- expositors ,
- reviewer ,
- speaker ,
- spokesperson ,
- writer .
- clergy ,
- cleric ,
- curate ,
- divine ,
- ecclesiastic .
- mind .
Other synonyms:
- speculator .
Other relevant words:
• champion
• classicist
• divine
• leader
• logician
- Arthur Schopenhauer ,
- Baruch Spinoza ,
- Bertrand Russell ,
- Edmund Burke ,
- Ernst Cassirer ,
- Francis Bacon ,
- Friedrich Nietzsche ,
- Friedrich Schiller ,
- GWF Hegel ,
- George Berkeley ,
- Immanuel Kant ,
- Jean Jacques Rousseau ,
- Jean-Paul Sartre ,
- John Locke ,
- John Stuart Mill ,
- Karl Marx ,
- Ludwig Wittgenstein ,
- Marcus Aurelius ,
- Martin Buber ,
- Martin Heidegger ,
- Parmenides ,
- Soren Kierkegaard ,
- St. Augustine ,
- St. Thomas Aquinas ,
- Thomas Hobbes ,
- William James ,
- aristotle ,
- boethius ,
- democritus ,
- epicurus ,
- plato ,
- socrates ,
- solon ,
- sophist ,
- thales ,
- voltaire ,
- wise man .
- Academist ,
- Bookman ,
- Dilettanti ,
- Glossographer ,
- Gownsman ,
- Holt ,
- Hylotheist ,
- Hylozoist ,
- Hypothecator ,
- Illuminati ,
- Immaterialist ,
- John ,
- Learned man ,
- Metaphysician ,
- Monist ,
- Nominalist ,
- Ontologist ,
- Philologer ,
- Philomath ,
- Philosophaster ,
- Philosophe ,
- Polyhistor ,
- Rishi ,
- Roger ,
- Sensist ,
- Sinologue ,
- Sophister ,
- Syncretist ,
- Yang ,
- Yin ,
- Zetetic ,
- academician ,
- acute ,
- agnostic ,
- alcohol ,
- animist ,
- astute ,
- bacon ,
- brain ,
- broad ,
- casuist ,
- chaste ,
- classicist ,
- clerk ,
- colossus of knowledge ,
- companionable ,
- connoisseur ,
- cosmologist ,
- cousin ,
- cynic ,
- deist ,
- dialectic ,
- dialectician ,
- discerning ,
- discretion ,
- doyen ,
- doyenne ,
- drake ,
- dreamer ,
- drink ,
- dualist ,
- eclectic ,
- egoist ,
- elder ,
- elder statesman ,
- empiricist ,
- epicurean ,
- essentialist ,
- ethicist ,
- existentialist ,
- fellow ,
- flitch ,
- gentile ,
- ghostly ,
- graduate ,
- grammarian ,
- green ,
- gymnosophist ,
- hedonist ,
- herder ,
- highbrow ,
- honest ,
- hypothesizer ,
- idealist ,
- illuminate ,
- individualist ,
- inner ,
- intellect ,
- intelligent ,
- interpreter ,
- intuitionist ,
- judiciousness ,
- keen ,
- knowledge ,
- lard ,
- learned person ,
- lexicographer ,
- lexicologist ,
- libertarian ,
- linguist ,
- literati ,
- litterateur ,
- logician ,
- logistician ,
- mahatma ,
- man of letters ,
- master of arts ,
- materialist ,
- mead ,
- mechanist ,
- mentalist ,
- mentor ,
- metaphysics ,
- mill ,
- moralist ,
- mullah ,
- munshi ,
- mystic ,
- naturalist ,
- nestor ,
- ontology ,
- oracle ,
- pantheist ,
- passionless ,
- peripatetic ,
- perry ,
- perspicacious ,
- philologist ,
- philologue ,
- philosophical ,
- philosophizer ,
- physicist ,
- platonic ,
- politic ,
- polymath ,
- porphyry ,
- positivist ,
- pragmatist ,
- prudence ,
- pundit ,
- quixotic ,
- rabbi ,
- ratiocinator ,
- rational ,
- rationalist ,
- rationalizer ,
- realist ,
- reasoner ,
- sagacious ,
- sagacity ,
- sapience ,
- sapient ,
- scholastic ,
- schoolman ,
- scientist ,
- secular humanist ,
- seer ,
- sensationalist ,
- sense ,
- shrewd ,
- sinologist ,
- skeptic ,
- solomon ,
- spiritual ,
- starets ,
- statesman ,
- stern ,
- stipend ,
- strong ,
- sustenance ,
- syllogist ,
- syllogizer ,
- theist ,
- theoretician ,
- theorist ,
- theorizer ,
- timon of athens ,
- transcendentalist ,
- utilitarian ,
- virtuous ,
- vitalist ,
- voluntarist ,
- walking encyclopedia ,
- whitehead ,
- wisdom ,
- wise old man ,
- wrangler ,
- yoga ,
- yogi .
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How to use "Philosopher" in context?
What does the word "philosopher" mean?
The word "philosopher" derives from the ancient Greek word "philosophos" or "philosophia," meaning "love of wisdom." The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) defines a philosopher as "a person who is interested in or occupied with philosophy or the philosophical aspects of life."
There are many types of philosophers, including metaphysicians, epistemologists, logicians, and political philosophers. Each philosopher typically specializes in one or more areas of philosophy, such as epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, or logic.
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scholar.
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philosophy, theoretician, theorist, thinker.
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Hyponym for Philosopher:
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person
mortal, person, scholar, scholarly person, somebody, Bookman, soul, individual, student, someone.
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