'Savant' definitions:
Definition of 'savant'
From: WordNet
noun
Someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field [syn: initiate, learned person, pundit, savant]
Definition of 'Savant'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'savant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- academician,
- adept,
- Admirable Crichton,
- aficionado,
- amateur,
- artisan,
- artist,
- attache,
- authority,
- bookman,
- buff,
- classicist,
- clerk,
- colossus of knowledge,
- connaisseur,
- connoisseur,
- consultant,
- cordon bleu,
- crack shot,
- craftsman,
- critic,
- dead shot,
- dilettante,
- diplomat,
- diplomatist,
- doctor,
- elder,
- elder statesman,
- experienced hand,
- experimental scientist,
- expert,
- expert consultant,
- fan,
- freak,
- genius,
- giant of learning,
- graduate,
- great soul,
- guru,
- handy man,
- humanist,
- illuminate,
- intellect,
- intellectual,
- journeyman,
- learned clerk,
- learned man,
- literary man,
- litterateur,
- lover of learning,
- lover of wisdom,
- mahatma,
- man of intellect,
- man of learning,
- man of letters,
- man of science,
- man of wisdom,
- mandarin,
- marksman,
- master,
- mastermind,
- mentor,
- mine of information,
- no slouch,
- nut,
- oracle,
- philologist,
- philologue,
- philomath,
- philosophe,
- philosopher,
- politician,
- polyhistor,
- polymath,
- practical scientist,
- pro,
- professional,
- professor,
- proficient,
- pundit,
- rabbi,
- rishi,
- sage,
- sapient,
- scholar,
- scholastic,
- schoolman,
- scientist,
- seer,
- shark,
- sharp,
- specialist,
- starets,
- statesman,
- student,
- technical adviser,
- technical expert,
- technician,
- technologist,
- thinker,
- walking encyclopedia,
- wise man,
- wise old man