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Synonyms & Antonyms of polymath
(Entry 1 of 2)
formal
someone who knows a lot about many different things
- She is rightly regarded as something of a polymath in her extensive knowledge of all the earth sciences.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for polymath
- ace,
- crackerjack
- (also crackajack),
- natural
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for polymath
polymath
adjectivevariants:
or polymathic
Synonyms & Antonyms of polymath (Entry 2 of 2)
as in erudite, well-read
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for polymath
- middlebrow
- academic
- (also academical),
- bookish,
- professorial
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The first known use of polymath was in 1621
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