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thinker

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of thinker

1 a very smart person

many of our most renowned thinkers gathered for the symposium

Synonyms of thinker

brain, brainiac, genius, intellect, whiz, wiz, wizard

Words Related to thinker

polyhistor, polymath, Renaissance man

blue, bluestocking, highbrow, intellectual

egghead, geek, longhair, nerd

master, virtuoso

ace, crackerjack (also crackajack), natural

Near Antonyms of thinker

ignoramus, illiterate, know-nothing, lowbrow

anti-intellectual, philistine

ass, donkey, fool, jackass

beast, boor, cad, churl, clown, creep, cretin, cur, heel, jerk, louse, lout, skunk, snake, stinker

Antonyms of thinker

blockhead, dodo, dolt, dope, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fathead, goon, half-wit, hammerhead, idiot, imbecile, knucklehead, moron, nitwit, numskull (or numbskull), pinhead

2 the part of a person that feels, thinks, perceives, wills, and especially reasons

loves crossword puzzles, bridge, and other pastimes that makes her use the old thinker

Synonyms of thinker

brain, cerebrum, head, mind, psyche

Words Related to thinker

belfry, gray matter, intellect, intelligence, loaf [British slang], noodle, reason, skull

acumen, alertness, astuteness, brilliance, insight, judgment (or judgement), mentality, perception, perspicacity, sagacity, sapience, wisdom, wit

awareness, cognizance, consciousness, self-awareness, self-consciousness

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