THINKER Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

thinker

noun

Definition of thinker

as in genius

a very smart person many of our most renowned thinkers gathered for the symposium

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as in mind

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

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Recent Examples of thinker There was more to Dean’s philosophy, including a nod to a famous Black feminist thinker. — Chris Willman, Variety, 17 July 2026 Classical thinkers used it to describe the capacity to feel a powerful impulse and choose not to act on it. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026 Tradition of separation The idea of separate spheres of spiritual and secular functions and authority was advanced by religious and secular thinkers to benefit both religion and the state. — Steven K. Green, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 Her generation was one of thinkers, politically committed to defining how individuals were to be shaped as citizens of a civilized nation. — Literary Hub, 1 July 2026 These Virginia aristocrats had been raised on the same Enlightenment thinkers—David Hume and Adam Smith, Montesquieu and Voltaire—as John Adams and Samuel Adams had. — James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026 While agile new companies can offer top AI thinkers massive equity upside, Hassabis’s confidence is rooted in Google’s structural advantages, including its unparalleled ecosystem of data, integrated hardware, and sheer computing power. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 23 June 2026 That is truly a pity because this brilliant thinker revolutionized both mathematics and physics. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 23 June 2026 In recent years, writers, thinkers, and podcasters have advanced rival prescriptions for restoring the economic mobility that twentieth-century Americans came to see as their birthright. — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinker

Noun

For the 20th season, a callback to her first-ever tagline and also her greatest catchphrase is pretty genius.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 July 2026
This is a lovely book about opera, music, 19th-century Vienna, and the psychology of genius.

— Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

Definition of genius

Noun

Their quest pits them against wizards, monsters, dragons, and a sinister conspiracy in a lighthearted fantasy adventure inspired by the tabletop RPG.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
The books about the life of a young wizard were adapted into a movie series that debuted in 2001 with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.

— Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026

Definition of wizard

Noun

In one example, a robotic arm was able to grasp objects such as a cup or an apple based solely on the user’s brain signals.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026
The diseases that cause dementia can impair brain circuits involved in impulse control and threat perception, raising the risk of aggressive behavior.

— Jordan Rau, NPR, 19 July 2026

Definition of brain

Noun

Temilola Adeoye, a comedian, writer and content creator in New York City,attributes this behavior to shortcomings in intellect and literacy — or to a desire to have one’s intellect validated by others.

— Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Toni Collette is phenomenal as Christie’s beloved detective, capturing both her sharp intellect and her understanding of human nature.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 July 2026

Definition of intellect

Noun

After all, cell phone novels do provide a window into the millennial psyche (bored, online) during a couple of lost decades.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
For many generations of Americans, soccer held a space in the national psyche as a game primarily played by children.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2026

Definition of psyche

Noun

Malcolm McHaffie, head of the Special Crime Division at the Crown Prosecution Service, said in a statement that the charges come after the agency received a new file of evidence from Bedfordshire Police.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 19 July 2026
The Nazis tried to take it from Rome during the Second World War, but failed after the head of the Italian Football Federation, Ottorino Barassi, hid it in a shoebox underneath his bed.

— Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Definition of head

Noun

Predictive robot intelligence LingBot-VA unifies future video prediction and policy learning within a single autoregressive framework, jointly learning visual dynamics and robot actions.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
Fourteen ships transited Hormuz on Sunday, four of which were crude oil tankers, a decline of about 60% compared with the 37 vessels that crossed the same day last week, according to data from the trade intelligence firm Kpler.

— Brian Sullivan,Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 13 July 2026