polymaths

plural of polymath

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Recent Examples of polymaths 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for polymaths
geniuses
Noun
  • Worldly readers had to wonder what really went on when the geniuses and their wives went home after dinner.
    Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Between them, the gangly mods kept alive the fading tradition of feuding musical geniuses, a path that Paul McCartney and John Lennon had paved before them.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025

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“Polymaths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polymaths. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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