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PHILOSOPHER: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for PHILOSOPHER?

Need another word that means the same as “philosopher”? Find 10 synonyms and 30 related words for “philosopher” in this overview.

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Philosopher as a Noun
Definitions of "Philosopher" as a noun
Synonyms of "Philosopher" as a noun (10 Words)
Associations of "Philosopher" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Philosopher” are: thinker, theorist, theorizer, theoretician, philosophizer, metaphysicist, metaphysician, epistemologist, dialectician, logician

Philosopher as a Noun

Definitions of "Philosopher" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “philosopher” as a noun can have the following definitions:

A person engaged or learned in philosophy, especially as an academic discipline.
A specialist in philosophy.
A wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity.

Synonyms of "Philosopher" as a noun (10 Words)

dialectician	A person skilled in philosophical debate.
epistemologist	A specialist in epistemology.
logician	An expert in or student of logic. A leading mathematical logician.
metaphysician	The philosophical study of being and knowing. A talented metaphysician* famous for defending idealism.*
metaphysicist	The philosophical study of being and knowing.
philosophizer	Someone who considers situations from a philosophical point of view.
theoretician	Someone who theorizes (especially in science or art.
theorist	Someone who theorizes (especially in science or art.
theorizer	Someone who theorizes (especially in science or art.
thinker	An important intellectual. A leading scientific thinker.

Associations of "Philosopher" (30 Words)

analytic	Using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus. Analytical reasoning.
anthropologist	An expert in or student of anthropology. Some anthropologists think that members of hunting and gathering societies tend to have more leisure.
apathetic	Marked by a lack of interest. A woman who became active rather than apathetic* as she grew older.*
deducible	Capable of being deduced.
deductive	Involving inferences from general principles. Deductive reasoning.
dialectician	A logician skilled in dialectic.
epistemologist	A specialist in epistemology.
historian	A person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it. A military historian.
inductive	Possessing inductance. Inductive to the sin of Eve.
logic	The system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine s representation of logical operations. By the logic* of war.*
logical	Marked by an orderly logical and aesthetically consistent relation of parts. A logical* mind.*
logician	A person skilled at symbolic logic. A leading mathematical logician.
mathematician	An expert in or student of mathematics. One of the world s foremost theoretical mathematicians.
philosophical	Relating or devoted to the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. He was philosophical* about losing the contract.*
philosophy	A particular system of philosophical thought. Self indulgence was his only philosophy.
positivism	A humanistic religious system founded on positivism.
pragmatist	An advocate of the approach that evaluates theories or beliefs in terms of the success of their practical application. American pragmatists have influenced a great deal of recent philosophy of many types.
quibble	Evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections. The only quibble* about this book is the price.*
scholar	A university student holding a scholarship. Mr Bell declares himself no scholar.
sinologist	A student of Chinese history and language and culture.
sociologist	An expert in or student of the development, structure, and functioning of human society. Historians and sociologists are still split on the matter.
sophism	A deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone.
sophist	Any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects.
sophistry	A deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone. Trying to argue that I had benefited in any way from the disaster was pure sophistry.
stoic	A person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining. A stoical sufferer.
study	Be a student follow a course of study be enrolled at an institute of learning. She is in a deep study.
syllogism	Deductive reasoning as distinct from induction. This school of epistemology is highly advanced in syllogism* and logical reasoning.*
syllogistic	Of or relating to or consisting of syllogism.
theologian	A person who engages or is an expert in theology.
transcendentalism	Any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material.