A polymath is someone who knows a whole lot about a whole lot.
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Polymath
//ˈpɒlɪmæθ//
Synonyms for "polymath" (39 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (19)
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1 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 28 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πολυΐστωρ noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Arabic
2 entries- بحر العلوم noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- عَلَّامَة noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Bulgarian
3 entries- енциклопеди́ст noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- еруди́т noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- у́чен noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 博學的人 /博学的人 noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- 學識淵博的人 /学识渊博的人 noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Czech
2 entries- polyhistor noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- renesanční člověk noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Dutch
3 entries- alleskunner noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- renaissancemens noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- veelweter noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Finnish
3 entries- monitietäjä noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- polyhistori noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- yleisnero noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
French
2 entries- homme de la Renaissance noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- polymathe noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Galician
1 entries- polímata noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
German
2 entries- Polyhistor noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- Universalgelehrter noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Greek
1 entries- πολυμαθής noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Icelandic
1 entries- fjölfræðingur noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Italian
4 entries- erudito noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- polimata noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- polimate noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- uomo universale noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Japanese
1 entries- 博識者 noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Latin
1 entries- homō ūniversālis noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Macedonian
2 entries- енциклопеди́ст noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- еруди́т noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Occitan
1 entries- polimata noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- علامه noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Persian
2 entries- همهچیزدان noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- پردانش noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Polish
4 entries- człowiek renesansu noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- encyklopedysta noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- polihistor noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- polimat noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Portuguese
2 entries- polímata noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- polímato noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Russian
2 entries- учёный noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- эруди́т noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- polihistor noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Sicilian
3 entries- pulìmata noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- pulìmatu noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- spertu noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Spanish
1 entries- polímata noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Swedish
4 entries- polyhistor noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- universalbegåvning noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- universalgeni noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
- universalsnille noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Turkish
1 entries- allame noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئەللامە noun (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Tom is a true polymath.
Source: tatoeba (11301957)
To be thought and held Polumathes and Polihistors.
Source: wiktionary
A bit of a polymath, he was crucial in the early development of the railways in this country.
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