as in scholar
a person of deep wisdom or learning
a savant in the field of medical ethics
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Math is commonly portrayed as something only prodigies and savants can do.
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Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
Generations of Chi Alpha leaders hailed him as a spiritual savant who could answer life’s deepest mysteries.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2025
Directed by John McPhail, the British comedy follows a little girl who is a pumpkin-growing savant.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 16 July 2025
Whereas Dexter was often battling against mediocre detectives, Harrison’s murder is being investigated by Detective Claudette Wallace (Kadia Saraf), a crime savant who is poised to threaten everything for the Morgans.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 11 July 2025
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Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
Generations of Chi Alpha leaders hailed him as a spiritual savant who could answer life’s deepest mysteries.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2025
Directed by John McPhail, the British comedy follows a little girl who is a pumpkin-growing savant.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 16 July 2025
Whereas Dexter was often battling against mediocre detectives, Harrison’s murder is being investigated by Detective Claudette Wallace (Kadia Saraf), a crime savant who is poised to threaten everything for the Morgans.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for savant
scholar
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Leading genocide scholars passed a resolution this week that declared Israel’s actions in Gaza had met the legal definition of genocide.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, meanwhile, is referred to by public scholars and media in a variety of ways that emphasize Russia or President Vladimir Putin as an aggressive antagonist.—
Esther Brito Ruiz,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Savant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/savant. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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