scholar

schol·ar

noun \ˈskä-lər\

: a person who has studied a subject for a long time and knows a lot about it : an intelligent and well-educated person who knows a particular subject very well

: someone who has been given a scholarship

Full 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

Other Education Terms

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

Rhymes with SCHOLAR

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