English Explanatory Dictionary

philosopher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A lover of wisdom.
  2. A student of philosophy.
  3. A scholar or expert engaged in or contributing to philosophical inquiry.
  4. A person who applies the principles of philosophy to the conduct of their life, as by acting calmly and rationally in the face of inevitable change.
  5. A student, scholar, or expert in any branch of knowledge, especially those branches studied prior to being considered part of pure science.
  6. An alchemist.

Pronunciation

/fɪˈlɒs.ə.fə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-philosopher.wav /fəˈlɑsəfɚ/ en-us-philosopher.ogg

Word forms

philosopher philosophers phylosopher

Etymology

From Middle English philosophre, from Anglo-Norman or Middle French philosophe, from Latin philosophus, from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos, literally “lover of wisdom”) + -er. Credited as having been coined by Pythagoras to describe himself. Displaced native Old English ūþwita.

Synonyms

philosopher

Antonyms

misosopher

Related words

misosopher philosophaster philosophe philosophical philosophical method philosophicide philosophizer philosophy scholar thinker reasoner arguer rhetorician sophist scientist author writer reason abstraction generality Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 492. Scholar Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/62 § philosopher Appendix:Glossary of philosophical isms

Derived words

analytic philosopher antiphilosopher biophilosopher cyberphilosopher ecophilosopher ethnophilosopher fire philosopher foolosopher geophilosopher macaroni philosopher metaphilosopher natural philosopher neurophilosopher nonphilosopher philosopher by fire philosopheress philosopher king philosopher-king philosopher of fire philosopher's game philosophership philosopher's lamp philosopher's stone philosophers' stone philosopher's wool philosophess philosophress pseudophilosopher theophilosopher unphilosopher

Translations

Afrikaans: filosoof Albanian: filozof Albanian: filozofe Albanian: i dashuni i giξe tditunavet Amharic: ፈላስፋ Arabic: فَيْلَسُوف Aragonese: filosofo Armenian: փիլիսոփա Aromanian: filuzof Aromanian: filuzoafã Aromanian: filuzofã Aromanian: filuzofe Aromanian: filusof Aromanian: filusoafã Aromanian: filusofã Aromanian: filusofe Asturian: filósofu Azerbaijani: filosof Belarusian: філо́саф Belarusian: філёзаф Bengali: দার্শনিক Bulgarian: филосо́ф Catalan: filòsof Catalan: filòsofa Chinese Cantonese: 哲學家 /哲学家 Chinese Mandarin: 哲學家 /哲学家 Coptic: ⲫⲓⲗⲟⲥⲟⲫⲟⲥ Crimean Tatar: felsefeci Czech: filozof Czech: filozofka Czech: filosof Czech: filosofka Czech: mudrc Danish: filosof Dutch: filosoof Dutch: filosofe Dutch: wijsgeer Esperanto: filozofo Estonian: filosoof Faroese: heimspekingur Finnish: filosofi French: philosophe West-Frisian: filosoof West-Frisian: wiisgear Galician: filósofa Galician: filósofo Georgian: ფილოსოფოსი German: Philosoph German: Philosophin Bavarian German: Philosoph Greek: φιλόσοφος Ancient Greek: φιλόσοφος Haitian Creole: filozòf Hebrew: פִילוֹסוֹף Hebrew: הוֹגֵה דֵּעוֹת Hindi: दार्शनिक Hungarian: filozófus Icelandic: heimspekingur Ido: filozofo Indonesian: filsuf Indonesian: ahli pikir Interlingua: philosopho
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