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thinker
CIDE DICTIONARY
thinker, n.
One who thinks; especially and chiefly, one who thinks in a particular manner; as, a close thinker; a deep thinker; a coherent thinker. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
thinker, n.
1 a person who thinks, esp. in a specified way (an original thinker).
2 a person with a skilled or powerful mind.
1 a person who thinks, esp. in a specified way (an original thinker).
2 a person with a skilled or powerful mind.
THESAURUS
thinker
Brahmin, Nestor, Solomon, authority, brainworker, casuist, cosmologist, dialectician, doctor, egghead, elder, elder statesman, expert, great soul, guru, highbrow, illuminate, intellect, intellectual, intellectualist, literate, logicaster, logician, logistician, lover of wisdom, mahatma, man of intellect, man of wisdom, mandarin, master, mastermind, mentor, metaphysician, oracle, philosophaster, philosophe, philosopher, philosophizer, pundit, rabbi, ratiocinator, rationalist, rationalizer, reasoner, rishi, sage, sapient, savant, scholar, seer, sophist, speculator, starets, syllogist, syllogizer, white-collar intellectual, wise man, wise old manROGET THESAURUS
thinker
Sage
N sage, wise man, genius, master mind, master spirit of the age, longhead, thinker, intellectual, longhair, authority, oracle, luminary, shining light, esprit fort, magnus Apollo, Solon, Solomon, Nestor, Magi, second Daniel, man of learning, expert, wizard, wiseacre, bigwig, know-it-all, poor man's Einstein, venerable, reverenced, emeritus, barba tenus sapientes.For further exploring for "thinker" in Webster Dictionary Online