RENAISSANCE MAN Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

Renaissance man

noun

Definition of Renaissance man

as in polymath

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Recent Examples of Renaissance man Acclaimed designer Jonathan Adler is the definition of a Renaissance man. — Joseph Erbentraut, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2026 In his quest to become a better, stronger, more accomplished pitcher, Rockies Renaissance man Ryan Feltner is going back to the Stone Age. — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 12 Feb. 2026 Today, Berg is a Renaissance man for the age of wellness misinformation. — Alexa Lee, STAT, 27 Jan. 2026 Artist, inventor and anatomist Leonardo da Vinci was the definition of a Renaissance man — and scientists are aiming to unlock the secrets of his genius on a genetic level. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for Renaissance man

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Noun

Photography by Venetia Scott impresses itself on you like that—an entire aesthetic world, made by an ultra-discreet British fashion photographer-polymath who lives and works at the end of a quiet street in North Kensington.

— Sarah Mower, Architectural Digest, 5 Aug. 2026
Putnam was a polymath who made important strides far beyond just philosophy to mathematics, logic, computer science, and even quantum mechanics.

— Theodore McDarrah, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of polymath

Noun

The color palette was dominated by yellows and blues, and the furnishings were plush and heavily embroidered.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2026
Wielding his cherry Gibson guitar, Simpson reportedly came to the stage without any announcement from the band, helping to extend the song into a dynamic, nearly seven-minute psychedelic blues jam.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of blue

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Food and drink Chefs Loice Acom and Gad Hafashimana are wizards in the Kibale Lodge kitchen.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 July 2026
Balloons float above an exploding castle, a giant peeks from behind the bushes and wizards throw flames in the foreground.

— Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026

Definition of wizard

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Microplastics have been detected in human blood, lungs, liver, kidneys, placentas, reproductive tissues, blood vessels, and, more recently, brain tissue.

— Meggen Harris, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
That’s because sleep gives our brains a chance to process the day and our bodies an opportunity to heal and repair.

— Mura Dominko, Martha Stewart, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of brain

Noun

Brainstorm Tech International will convene CEOs and founders, technologists and investors, thinkers and doers to tackle the challenge of turning technological promise into lasting business and societal value.

— Alex Capri, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
While these practitioners experimented, management thinkers articulated what the best of them already understood.

— Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of thinker

Noun

Hyper-focused on tracking down the lost ranger, Anna ignores Geoff’s guidance, sage advice and the concern from her mentee, Zoey Bear Child (Paulina Alexis), to determine what happened.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
The sitting room is painted in Farrow & Ball’s blush Setting Plaster and paired colorfully with a sage-green corduroy sofa and a chintz secondhand armchair.

— Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of sage

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James Baldwin rose to prominence as a novelist, essayist, and public intellectual at a time when psychoanalysis was all the rage.

— Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 4 Aug. 2026
This tradition of forceful anti-American sentiment among European intellectuals went into steep decline after the abrupt end of the Cold War in the late Eighties.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026

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