Synonyms of pundits

pundits

noun

plural of pundit

1

as in scholars

a person of deep wisdom or learning

a moral question that has puzzled the pundits throughout the ages

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scholars
• sages
• savants
• teachers
• wizards
• seers
• intellectuals
• thinkers
• gurus
• intellects
• wise men
• brains
• mentors
• rabbis
• highbrows
• masters
• pandits
• geniuses
• yogis
• polymaths
• Renaissance men
• mahatmas
• swamis
• whizzes
• polyhistors

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• idiots
• morons
• fools
• imbeciles
• dolts
• ignoramuses
• dopes
• stocks
• simpletons
• dunces
• pinheads
• blockheads
• goons
• dummies
• donkeys
• ninnies
• jackasses
• nitwits
• numskulls
• fatheads
• turkeys
• nincompoops
• dumbbells
• know-nothings
• half-wits
• dodoes

2

as in critics

a person who makes or expresses a judgment on the quality of offerings in some field of endeavor

the new mini laptop has gotten a thumbs-up from industry pundits

Synonyms & Similar Words

• critics
• reviewers
• analysts
• observers
• commentators
• columnists
• appraisers
• evaluators
• judges
• referees
• annotators

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pundits

Kansas has captured America’s imagination as pundits, high-dollar donors and the president himself have descended on the state ahead of Election Day. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026

When the Brewers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series, media pundits assumed Fox was about to take a bath, with make-goods and shortfalls in the forecast. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026

No matter how cruelly politicians and pundits discuss them, and no matter how desensitized the American people become by this rhetoric, immigrant kids are still kids. — Hannah Harshe, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026

Still, this was, in part, what all those pundits were worried about. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

The game also proved frustrating for Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, whose play had pundits labeling it a career-worst performance. — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2026

And in fact most pollsters, pundits and other prognosticators now predict Democrats could flip control of the House and even the Senate as well. — Ron Elving, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026

After the election, armchair pundits and paid professionals proclaimed that Ronald Reagan had been right all along. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Oscar pundits, including yours truly, redacted her name when discussing the film’s fortunes. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026