savant

savant
Synonyms and related words:
Admirable Crichton, academician, adept, aficionado, amateur, artisan, artist, attache, authority, bookman, buff, classicist, clerk, colossus of knowledge, connaisseur, connoisseur, consultant, cordon bleu, crack shot, craftsman, critic, dead shot, dilettante, diplomat, diplomatist, doctor, elder, elder statesman, experienced hand, experimental scientist, expert, expert consultant, fan, freak, genius, giant of learning, graduate, great soul, guru, handy man, humanist, illuminate, intellect, intellectual, journeyman, learned clerk, learned man, literary man, litterateur, lover of learning, lover of wisdom, mahatma, man of intellect, man of learning, man of letters, man of science, man of wisdom, mandarin, marksman, master, mastermind, mentor, mine of information, no slouch, nut, oracle, philologist, philologue, philomath, philosophe, philosopher, politician, polyhistor, polymath, practical scientist, pro, professional, professor, proficient, pundit, rabbi, rishi, sage, sapient, scholar, scholastic, schoolman, scientist, seer, shark, sharp, specialist, starets, statesman, student, technical adviser, technical expert, technician, technologist, thinker, walking encyclopedia, wise man, wise old man

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  • savant — savant, ante [ savɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. et n. • 1510; « sachant » XIIe; a. p. prés. de 1. savoir I ♦ Adj. 1 ♦ Qui sait beaucoup, en matière d érudition ou de science (I, 1o). ⇒ cultivé, docte, éclairé, érudit, instruit , lettré. De savants bénédictins.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • savant — savant, ante (sa van, van t ) adj. 1°   Qui sait beaucoup, qui est versé dans les matières soit d érudition, soit de science. Il est savant en histoire, en mathématique, en chimie. Les sociétés savantes. Les corps savants. •   N étant point de… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • savant — SAVÁNT, Ă, savanţi, te, adj., s.m. şi f. 1. adj., s.m. şi f. (Persoană) cu cunoştinţe vaste şi temeinice, care creează în domeniul ştiinţei; erudit. 2. adj. Care conţine multă ştiinţă, care denotă ştiinţă sau, p. ext., artă, pricepere, măiestrie …   Dicționar Român

  • Savant — (from the French savant knowing , English since the 18th century) may refer to:* An expert or wise person * Savant syndrome * Marilyn vos Savant In popular culture:John Weiss *Characters in the Noble Warriors Trilogy *Savant (DC) *Savant… …   Wikipedia

  • Savant — bezeichnet: eine Person mit einer Inselbegabung Personen: Doug Savant, eine US amerikanischer Schauspieler Marilyn vos Savant, eine US amerikanische Kolumnistin Savant des Rimes (* 1984; bürgerlich Umut Altunay), einen französischer Rapper Siehe… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Savant — Nom rare dont on trouve quelques mentions en France, mais qui semble surtout porté en Italie, aux environs de Turin. En composition : Savant Aira, Savant Aleina, Savant Rosso. Si on se fie à la graphie, ce serait un surnom désignant celui qui a… …   Noms de famille

  • savant — 1719, from Fr. savant a learned man, noun use of adj. savant learned, knowing, former prp. of savoir to know, from O.Fr., from V.L. *sapere, from L. sapere be wise (see SAPIENT (Cf. sapient)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • savant — [sə vänt′, səvant′; sav′ənt; ] Fr [, sȧ vän′] n. pl. savants [səvänts′, sav′ənts; ] Fr [, sȧvän′] [Fr, orig. prp. of savoir < L sapere: see SAP1] 1. a learned person; eminent scholar 2. IDIOT SAVANT …   English World dictionary

  • Savant — Sa vant , n.; pl. {Savants} (F. ?; E. ?). [F., fr. savoir to know, L. sapere. See {Sage}, a.] A man of learning; one versed in literature or science; a person eminent for acquirements. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • savant — index expert, mastermind, specialist Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • savant — [n] scholar academic, bookworm, brain*, egghead*, expert, intellect, intellectual, learned person, learner, master, philosopher, pundit, sage, wise person; concept 350 …   New thesaurus

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