Synonyms for scholar
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Scientist — A learned person; a bookman
2. Student
student, disciple, bookman, assimilator, learner dated
3. Expert — A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge
Other
guru, highbrow, candle-waster, schoolman, philomath dated
Definitions
- n. 1
A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.
- n. 2
A learned person; a bookman.
- n. 3
A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.
Related words
- Word family
- scholarism scholarly scholarship scholiast
- Phrases
- visiting scholar choral scholar
Forms
- Plural
- scholars → scientists, academics, savants, erudites…
Choose the right word
The word pupil is uniformly so used in the Reports of the Commissioner of Education of the United States, but popular American usage prefers scholar in the original sense; as, teachers and scholars enjoyed a holiday.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- academic Academic writing could be supported by statistics.
- scientist A prize was given in honor of the great scientist.
- erudite I have no ambition to outshine him or any other erudite.
- student More than one student studies French in our class.
- disciple You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
By length
- 4 letters
- guru2
- 6 letters
- expert2, savant2
- 7 letters
- student2, learner2, erudite3, bookman2
- 8 letters
- academic4, disciple3, highbrow2
- 9 letters
- scientist3, philomath, schoolman
- 10 letters
- specialist3
- 11 letters
- assimilator
- 12 letters
- intellectual5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (guru2 = 2 syllables).