What does "scholiast" mean?

A scholar who writes commentary on the works of an author, especially one of the ancient commentators on classical authors.

What is a synonym for "scholiast"?

Common synonyms include: allegorist, annotator, annotator, book reviewer, captious critic, carper.

Pronounced //ˈskəʊ.lɪ.æst//.

/ˈskəʊ.lɪ.æst/ noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Noun

1
A scholar who writes commentary on the works of an author, especially one of the ancient commentators on classical authors.
"[N]o pedantic quotations from Talmudists and scholiasts […] ever marred the effect of his grave and temperate discourses."
2
a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author) wordnet

"[N]o pedantic quotations from Talmudists and scholiasts […] ever marred the effect of his grave and temperate discourses."

From Late Latin scholiasta, from Byzantine Greek σχολιαστής (skholiastḗs), from σχολιάζειν (skholiázein), from Ancient Greek σχόλιον (skhólion).