Synonyms of philosophers

philosophers

noun

plural of philosopher

as in theorists

a person who expresses a theory in a particular area of experience

a philosopher of freedom

Related Words

• theorists
• practitioners
• proponents
• interpreters
• supporters
• ideologues
• promoters
• gurus
• apostles
• exponents
• champions
• deans
• advocates
• expounders
• high priests
• boosters
• doyens
• grand old men
• backers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of philosophers

There's nothing like the final major of the golf calendar to turn some of the world's best players into philosophers. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026

The search for machine consciousness has gone mainstream, and companies such as Google, Meta and OpenAI are hiring philosophers to explore questions about AI welfare. — Benjamin Guggenheim, Washington Post, 2 July 2026

In a related trend, there’s been a surge in adding philosophers and humanities graduates to AI teams, also to keep the technology within the bounds of human needs. — Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Members can explore new ideas from the neuroscientists, entrepreneurs, artists, philosophers, and other innovators shaping the future. — Big Think, 18 June 2026

Lisbon’s destruction forced philosophers, scientists, and leaders to ask new questions. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026

Irony is thus the amulet of thought, which is why it is favored by philosophers from Socrates to Kierkegaard to Derrida. — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026

Grimes, meanwhile, urged artists to think of their work as philosophers, and poets. — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 9 June 2026

Some historians have highlighted the influence of John Locke and other philosophers of the Enlightenment; others have emphasized the economic and political concerns of merchants, artisans and farmers in a prosperous outpost of the British Empire. — New York Times, 9 June 2026