Synonyms of polymath

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noun

as in genius

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 & Similar Words

• genius
• virtuoso
• wizard
• thinker
• sage
• intellect
• Renaissance man
• savant
• intellectual
• wiz
• master
• whiz
• brainiac
• brain
• bluestocking
• nerd
• highbrow
• geek
• Renaissance woman
• polyhistor
• blue
• longhair
• natural
• ace
• crackajack
• crackerjack

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• know-nothing
• ignoramus
• illiterate
• lowbrow
• philistine
• ass
• fool
• idiot
• jackass
• donkey
• imbecile
• moron
• dunce
• blockhead
• dolt
• pinhead
• numbskull
• knucklehead
• numskull
• anti-intellectual
• dope
• nitwit
• goon
• dumbbell
• dummy
• fathead
• hammerhead
• dodo
• half-wit

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adjective

variants or polymathic

as in erudite

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erudite
• literate
• scholarly
• academic
• bookish
• well-read
• academical
• professorial
• learned
• middlebrow
• pedantic
• cultured
• intellectual
• cultivated
• cerebral
• didactic
• polyhistoric
• nerdy
• intellectualist
• highbrow
• geeky
• intellectualistic
• long-haired
• nerdish
• eggheaded
• brainy
• hyperintellectual
• blue
• brilliant
• intelligent
• high-toned
• educated
• snooty
• longhair
• snobbish
• schooled
• snobby
• high-hat
• highbrowed
• clever
• quick-witted
• smart
• bright

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonintellectual
• lowbrow
• illiterate
• ignorant
• uncultured
• philistine
• unlettered
• uneducated
• uncultivated
• anti-intellectual
• unintelligent
• foolish
• idiotic
• stupid
• unread
• dumb
• slow
• moronic
• benighted
• unenlightened
• idiotical