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scholar

/ˈskɑlɚ/noun2 syllables

Scholar means: someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs.

Synonyms for scholar11

noun, as in someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

learner, assimilator, student

noun, as in a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

scholarly person

also used for scholar

pupil, expert, specialist, academic, learned person, savant, erudite

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What does scholar mean?3

noun

1

someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

2

a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

3

a student who holds a scholarship

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with scholar?2

two syllables

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Scholar in a sentence

  • Judging from what you say, he must be a great scholar.CM
  • He is a great scholar and what is better, a good teacher.Dejo
  • He is a great scholar, but lacks what is called common sense.CM
  • Great scholar as he is, he is lacking in common sense.al_ex_an_der
  • He is a great statesman, and what is more a great scholar.unknown
  • Born in better times, he would have become a great scholar.Dejo
  • He is a scholar, and ought to be treated as such.Zifre
  • He is not a teacher, much less a scholar.unknown

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Forms of scholar

as a noun

plural
scholars