Synonyms for philosopher
fɪˈlɒs ə fərphiloso·pher

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. philosopher

   Synonyms:
   doctor, savant, teacher, master, schoolman

   Antonyms:
   ignoramus, sciolist, freshman, tyro, greenhorn, fool, booby, dunce

Princeton's WordNet

1. philosophernoun

   a specialist in philosophy

2. philosophernoun

   a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity

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1. • Person
   • Philosophy
   • Scholar

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. philosophernoun

   Synonyms:
   searcher after truth, student of first principles, seeker of wisdom

2. philosophernoun

   Synonyms:
   theorist, theorizer, man of abstractions, speculator

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1. List of paraphrases for "philosopher":

   philosophy, thinker, theorist

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1. William James:

   There is only one thing that a philosopher can be relied on to do, and that is, to contradict other philosophers.

2. CaddyShack:

   The Zen philosopher, Basho, once wrote, 'A flute with no holes, is not a flute. A donut with no hole, is a Danish'.

3. Friedrich Nietzsche:

   All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values.

4. Letitia Elizabeth Landon:

   Truth is like the philosopher's stone, a thing not to be discovered.

5. William Osler:

   Work is the open sesame of every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the true philosopher's stone which transmutes all the base metal of humanity into gold.