Being a philologist, studying languages was necessary for his work.
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Philologist
Synonyms for "philologist" (58 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (29)
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3 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
9 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
64 translations across 38 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- բանասեր noun (person who engages in philology)
Asturian
2 entries- filóloga noun (person who engages in philology)
- filólogu noun (person who engages in philology)
Belarusian
3 entries- мовазна́ўца noun (person who engages in philology)
- філо́лаг noun (person who engages in philology)
- філёлёг noun (person who engages in philology)
Bulgarian
2 entries- филоло́г noun (person who engages in philology)
- филоло́жка noun (person who engages in philology)
Catalan
2 entries- filòleg noun (person who engages in philology)
- filòloga noun (person who engages in philology)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 語言學家 /语言学家 noun (person who engages in philology)
- 語言學者 /语言学者 noun (person who engages in philology)
Czech
2 entries- filolog noun (person who engages in philology)
- filoložka noun (person who engages in philology)
Danish
1 entries- filolog noun (person who engages in philology)
Dutch
2 entries- filologe noun (person who engages in philology)
- filoloog noun (person who engages in philology)
Esperanto
2 entries- filologino noun (person who engages in philology)
- filologo noun (person who engages in philology)
Faroese
1 entries- málfrøðingur noun (person who engages in philology)
Finnish
1 entries- filologi noun (person who engages in philology)
French
1 entries- philologue noun (person who engages in philology)
Galician
2 entries- filóloga noun (person who engages in philology)
- filólogo noun (person who engages in philology)
German
2 entries- Philologe noun (person who engages in philology)
- Philologin noun (person who engages in philology)
Greek
2 entries- φιλολογίνα noun (person who engages in philology)
- φιλόλογος noun (person who engages in philology)
Hindi
1 entries- भाषाविद noun (person who engages in philology)
Hungarian
2 entries- filológus noun (person who engages in philology)
- filológusnő noun (person who engages in philology)
Irish
1 entries- focleolaí noun (person who engages in philology)
Italian
2 entries- filologa noun (person who engages in philology)
- filologo noun (person who engages in philology)
Japanese
1 entries- 言語学者 noun (person who engages in philology)
Korean
1 entries- 언어학자 noun (person who engages in philology)
Latvian
2 entries- filologs noun (person who engages in philology)
- filoloģe noun (person who engages in philology)
Macedonian
1 entries- филоло́г noun (person who engages in philology)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- filolog noun (person who engages in philology)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- filolog noun (person who engages in philology)
Occitan
2 entries- filològ noun (person who engages in philology)
- filològa noun (person who engages in philology)
Polish
2 entries- filolog noun (person who engages in philology)
- filolożka noun (person who engages in philology)
Portuguese
3 entries- filologista noun (person who engages in philology)
- filóloga noun (person who engages in philology)
- filólogo noun (person who engages in philology)
Romanian
2 entries- filolog noun (person who engages in philology)
- filologă noun (person who engages in philology)
Russian
2 entries- фило́лог noun (person who engages in philology)
- языкове́д noun (person who engages in philology)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- filòlog noun (person who engages in philology)
- jezikoználac noun (person who engages in philology)
Slovak
2 entries- filologička noun (person who engages in philology)
- filológ noun (person who engages in philology)
Spanish
2 entries- filóloga noun (person who engages in philology)
- filólogo noun (person who engages in philology)
Swedish
1 entries- filolog noun (person who engages in philology)
Tagalog
1 entries- palawika noun (person who engages in philology)
Ukrainian
2 entries- мовозна́вець noun (person who engages in philology)
- філо́лог noun (person who engages in philology)
Yiddish
2 entries- פֿילאָלאָג noun (person who engages in philology)
- פֿילאָלאָגין noun (person who engages in philology)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
I am not a philologist.
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Foucault's incisive scrutiny and consistent analysis of antique culture has opened the eyes of many a philosopher, philologist or anthropologist who considered himself an expert on the very texts and issues that Foucault addresses. In the years following the publication of Foucault's works an intense debate arose on the subject of sexuality in antiquity, perhaps primarily in feminist and homosexual circles, although by no means exclusively.
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Like Johnson, in Herculean might, Bid some philologist arise,— Some Milton, with seraphic flight, Or Newton, pupil of the skies.
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