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Philosopher
//fəˈlɑsəfəɹ//
Synonyms for "philosopher" (264 found)
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Closest matches (53)
Strong matches (79)
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mandarinmarxmarxistmastermastermindmaterialistmeadmechanistmegarianmenciusmentalistmentormetaphysicianmillmine of informationmonistmooremosesmysticnaturalist
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neo-hegelianneo-pythagoreanneoplatonistnominalistockhamontologistoracleorganic mechanistorganicistortega y gassetpaleypanpsychistpantheistparmenideanparmenidespascalperipateticperryphilophilologistphilologuephilomathphilosophasterphilosophephilosophizerphysicistplatoplatonistplotinuspolyhistorpolymathporphyrypositivistpragmatistprattpritchardprotagoraspsychistpunditpyrrhopyrrhonistpythagoraspythagoreanrabbiratiocinatorrationalistrationalizerrealistreasonerreidreynaudrishirogerrogersrossrousseauroycerussellsagesamuelsantayanasapientsartresartriansavantschelerschellingschillerschleiermacherschlickscholarscholasticschoolmanschopenhauerscotistsecular humanistseersellarssensationalistsensistskepticsocratessocratistsophistspeculatorspencerianspinoziststaretssternstoicstrongstudentsubstantialistsyllogistsyllogizersyncretistthalestheistthinkerthomas aquinasthomisttranscendentalistutilitarianvitalistvoluntaristwalking encyclopediawhiteheadwise manwise old manwittgensteinianzetetic
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1 entriesRelated terms
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4 entriesderived
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1 entriesis a
5 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
148 translations across 95 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- filosoof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Albanian
3 entries- filozof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filozofe noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- i dashuni i giξe tditunavet noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Amharic
1 entries- ፈላስፋ noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- φιλόσοφος noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Arabic
1 entries- فَيْلَسُوف noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Aragonese
1 entries- filosofo noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Armenian
1 entries- փիլիսոփա noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Aromanian
4 entries- filusoafã noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filusof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filusofe noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filusofã noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Asturian
1 entries- filósofu noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- filosof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Bavarian German
1 entries- Philosoph noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Belarusian
2 entries- філо́саф noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- філёзаф noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Bengali
1 entries- দার্শনিক noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Bulgarian
1 entries- филосо́ф noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Catalan
2 entries- filòsof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filòsofa noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 哲學家 /哲学家 noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 哲學家 /哲学家 noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Church Slavic
1 entries- философъ noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲫⲓⲗⲟⲥⲟⲫⲟⲥ noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- felsefeci noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Czech
4 entries- filosof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filosofka noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filozof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filozofka noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Danish
1 entries- filosof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Dutch
3 entries- filosofe noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filosoof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- wijsgeer noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Esperanto
1 entries- filozofo noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Estonian
1 entries- filosoof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Faroese
1 entries- heimspekingur noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Finnish
1 entries- filosofi noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
French
1 entries- philosophe noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Galician
2 entries- filósofa noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filósofo noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Georgian
1 entries- ფილოსოფოსი noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
German
2 entries- Philosoph noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- Philosophin noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Greek
1 entries- φιλόσοφος noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- filozòf noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Hebrew
2 entries- הוֹגֵה דֵּעוֹת noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- פִילוֹסוֹף noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Hindi
1 entries- दार्शनिक noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Hungarian
1 entries- filozófus noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Icelandic
1 entries- heimspekingur noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Ido
1 entries- filozofo noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Indonesian
2 entries- ahli pikir noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filsuf noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Interlingua
1 entries- philosopho noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Irish
1 entries- fealsamh noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Italian
2 entries- filosofa noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filosofo noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Japanese
1 entries- 哲学者 noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Kashubian
2 entries- filozof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filozofka noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Kazakh
2 entries- пәлсапашы noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- философ noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Khmer
2 entries- ចិន្តបណ្ឌិត noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- ទស្សនវិទូ noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Korean
1 entries- 철학자 noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- философ noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Lao
1 entries- ນັກປາດ noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Latin
1 entries- philosophus noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Latvian
1 entries- filozofs noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Lithuanian
1 entries- filosofas noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Philosoph noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Macedonian
1 entries- филозо́ф noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Malay
3 entries- ahli falsafah noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- ahli fikir noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filsuf noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Maltese
2 entries- filosfa noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filosfu noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Middle Irish
1 entries- fellsam noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Mongolian
1 entries- философич noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- fîlozof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- filosof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- filosof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Occitan
2 entries- filosòf noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filosòfa noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Old English
1 entries- ūþwita noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Old Irish
1 entries- felsub noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Pashto
1 entries- فيلسوف noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Persian
1 entries- فیلسوف noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Polish
3 entries- filozof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filozofka noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- mędrzec noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Portuguese
2 entries- filósofa noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filósofo noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Quechua
1 entries- yachay wayllukuq noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Romanian
2 entries- filozoafă noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filozof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Russian
1 entries- фило́соф noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- feallsanach noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- filòzof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filòzofkinja noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- фило̀зоф noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- фило̀зофкиња noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Slovak
2 entries- filozof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filozofka noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Slovene
2 entries- filozof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filozofinja noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Spanish
2 entries- filósofa noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filósofo noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Swahili
1 entries- mwanafalsafa noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Swedish
1 entries- filosof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Tagalog
2 entries- batnayanon noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- pilosopo noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Tajik
3 entries- файласуф noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- философ noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- хирадварз noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Tatar
2 entries- философ noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- фәлсәфәче noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Thai
2 entries- นักปรัชญา noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- นักปราชญ์ noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Tocharian B
1 entries- pälskauca noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Turkish
2 entries- felsefeci noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filozof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Turkmen
1 entries- filosof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Ukrainian
1 entries- філо́соф noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Upper Sorbian
2 entries- filozof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filozofka noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Urdu
1 entries- فَلْسَفی noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Uyghur
1 entries- پەيلاسوپ noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Uzbek
2 entries- faylasuf noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- filosof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Vietnamese
4 entries- nhà hiền triết noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- nhà triết học noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- triết gia noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- triết nhân noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Volapük
3 entries- filosopan noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- hifilosopan noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- jifilosopan noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Walloon
1 entries- filozofe noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
West-Frisian
2 entries- filosoof noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
- wiisgear noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿילאָסאָףֿ noun (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Sample sentences
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Russell was a brilliant philosopher, but even the simplest practical task was quite beyond him.
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The monument was erected in honor of the eminent philosopher.
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An immense monument was erected in honor of the eminent philosopher.
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