Word Meanings - SAVANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A man of learning; one versed in literature or science; a person eminent for acquirements.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SAVANT)
- Critic
- Judge
- censor
- arbiter
- savant
- Luminary
- Sage
- celebrity
- light
- genius
- Philosopher
- Doctor
- teacher
- master
- schoolman
- literate
- Scholar
- Pupil
- learner
- disciple
- student
- scientist
- gownsman
- linguist
Related words: (words related to SAVANT)
- CRITICISER
One who criticises; a critic. - LIGHT
licht, OHG. lioht, Goth. liuhap, Icel. lj, L. lux light, lucere to 1. That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous. Note: Light was regarded formerly - TEACHER
1. One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor. 2. One who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches without regular ordination. - DOCTORATE
The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor. - MASTERSHIP
1. The state or office of a master. 2. Mastery; dominion; superior skill; superiority. Where noble youths for mastership should strive. Driden. 3. Chief work; masterpiece. Dryden. 4. An ironical title of respect. How now, seignior Launce ! what - CRITICALLY
1. In a critical manner; with nice discernment; accurately; exactly. Critically to discern good writers from bad. Dryden. 2. At a crisis; at a critical time; in a situation. place, or condition of decisive consequence; as, a fortification - LIGHTSOME
1. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright. White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. Bacon. 2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating. That lightsome affection of joy. Hooker. -- Light"some*ly, adv. -- Light"some*ness, n. Happiness - MASTEROUS
Masterly. Milton. - CRITICASTER
A contemptible or vicious critic. The rancorous and reptile crew of poeticules, who decompose into criticasters. Swinburne. - SCHOLARSHIP
1. The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning. A man of my master's . . . great scholarship. Pope. 2. Literary education. Any other house of scholarship. Milton. 3. Maintenance for a scholar; - LIGHTNESS
The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; delicacy; grace. Syn. -- Levity; volatility; instability; inconstancy; unsteadiness; giddiness; flightiness; airiness; gayety; liveliness; agility; - LIGHT-ARMED
Armed with light weapons or accouterments. - CENSORIAN
Censorial. Bacon. - LIGHTERAGE
1. The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter. 2. The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter. - DOCTORAL
Of or relating to a doctor, or to the degree of doctor. Doctoral habit and square cap. Wood. - LIGHT-O'-LOVE
1. An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters. Nares. "Best sing it to the tune of light-o'-love." Shak. 2. Hence: A light or wanton woman. Beau. & Fl. - CRITIC
1. One skilled in judging of the merits of literary or artistic works; a connoisseur; an adept; hence, one who examines literary or artistic works, etc., and passes judgment upon them; a reviewer. The opininon of the most skillful critics was, - LUMINARY
light or lamp, which was lighted in the churches, a luminary, fr. lumen, luminis, light, fr. lucere to be light, to shine, lux, lucis, 1. Any body that gives light, especially one of the heavenly bodies. " Radiant luminary." Skelton. Where the - LIGHT-FOOT; LIGHT-FOOTED
Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris. Tennyson. - LIGHTHOUSE
A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos. - CREMASTERIC
Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery. - SLIGHTNESS
The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard. - HYPERCRITICALLY
In a hypercritical manner. - ONIROCRITIC
See ONEIROCRITIC - BAGGAGE MASTER
One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel. - MISJUDGE
To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue. - DELIGHTING
Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor. - DRUMMOND LIGHT
A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called - ILLITERATE
Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people. Syn. -- Ignorant; untaught; unlearned; unlettered; unscholary. See Ignorant. -- Il*lit"er*ate*ly, adv. -- Il*lit"er*ate*ness, n. - SCHOOL-TEACHER
One who teaches or instructs a school. -- School"-teach`ing, n. - PREJUDGE
To judge before hearing, or before full and sufficient examination; to decide or sentence by anticipation; to condemn beforehand. The committee of council hath prejudged the whole case, by calling the united sense of both houses of Parliament" a - TOASTMASTER
A person who presides at a public dinner or banquet, and announces the toasts. - FOREJUDGER
A judgment by which one is deprived or put of a right or thing in question. - DELIGHTLESS
Void of delight. Thomson. - ACRITICAL
Having no crisis; giving no indications of a crisis; as, acritical symptoms, an acritical abscess.