Renaissance men

noun

plural of Renaissance man
as in polymaths

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  1. polymaths
  2. intellects
  3. brains
  4. intellectuals
  5. thinkers
  6. savants
  7. wizards
  8. sages
Noun
  • Leonardo was one of history’s greatest polymaths, filling notebooks with designs across a range of disciplines, including flying machines that wouldn't be realized for centuries.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 June 2026
  • Private Money, Public Breakthroughs To call Saad Bhamla and his seven co-recipients polymaths is more than flattery.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Definition of polymaths
Noun
  • Women are compelled to suppress their desires, intellects, and emotions in Gilead.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
  • While the likes of Philo and Trotter have expanded upon the idea by prioritizing people whose intellects align with their brand values, Jacquemus takes it to another level.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
Definition of intellects
Noun
  • Next, the researchers wanted to know if the same areas of the dogs’ brains would respond to other emotions.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Devey’s parents and family rack their brains, trying to figure out how their son’s mental state drove him to that point.
    — PJ Green August 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of brains
Noun
  • For some Muslim intellectuals and travelers, Japan’s modernization and its victory over Russia was proof that Asian nations need not be subservient to Europe or abandon their own cultural traditions.
    — Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Born in the Soviet Union in 1974, Beloozerov was raised by his mother Lena and stepfather Nikolai Beloozerov, a Soviet dissident and a mathematician, among a community of intellectuals in southwestern Moscow.
    — Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of intellectuals
Noun
  • It’s been my privilege to learn, from scholars and thinkers and writers far more deeply rooted than myself in the American west, about its realities and relentless contradictions.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Muslim thinkers debated how to revitalize their societies and overcome colonial domination.
    — Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of thinkers
Noun
  • The Lacob family — featuring Joe and his son, assistant general manager Kirk — has long operated like venture capital disruptors LARPing as basketball savants.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
  • The treasure trove, which includes exclusive pieces from Hermès, Louis Vuitton, and more, has sent style savants on the internet into a frenzy.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 30 June 2026
Definition of savants
Noun
  • Players can also customize a walking castle and investigate a mystery involving missing wizards.
    — Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Maybe the door to the wizards’ lair will open again someday, but a Camp Rock 4 seems more likely for now.
    — Allison McClain Merrill, Parents, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of wizards
Noun
  • Look to Rainbow Swiss chard, multicolor lettuces, purple-leaf basil, dusky blue kales or cabbages, and variegated perennial thymes and sages.
    — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Black sages have shown that Black rage will not be silenced; rather, it is directed toward creative expression.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
Definition of sages
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