Antonyms for scholar
ˈskɒl ərschol·ar

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.6 / 5 votes

1. scholar

   The primary sense of a scholar is one who is being schooled; thence the word passes to denote one who is apt in school work, and finally one who is thoroughly schooled, master of what the schools can teach, an erudite, accomplished person: when used without qualification, the word is generally understood in this latter sense; as, he is manifestly a scholar. Pupil signifies one under the close personal supervision or instruction of a teacher or tutor. Those under instruction in schools below the academic grade are technically and officially termed pupils. The word pupil is uniformly so used in the Reports of the Commissioner of Education of the United States, but popular American usage prefers scholar in the original sense; as, teachers and scholars enjoyed a holiday. Those under instruction in Sunday-schools are uniformly designated as Sunday-school scholars. Student is applied to those in the higher grades or courses of study, as the academic, collegiate, scientific, etc. Student suggests less proficiency than scholar in the highest sense, the student being one who is learning, the scholar one who has learned. On the other hand, student suggests less of personal supervision than pupil; thus, the college student often becomes the private pupil of some instructor in special studies. For disciple, etc., compare synonyms for ADHERENT.

   Antonyms:
   dunce, fool, idiot, idler, ignoramus, illiterate person

   Synonyms:
   disciple, learner, pupil, savant, student

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 5 votes

1. scholar

   Antonyms:
   master, teacher, preceptor, professor, ignoramus, dunce

   Synonyms:
   pupil, learner, disciple, student, schoolman, scientist, savant, gownsman, linguist

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1. • Person
   • Student

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.3 / 3 votes

1. scholar, scholarly person, bookman, studentnoun

   a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

   Synonyms:
   bookman, assimilator, scholarly person, student, learner, educatee, pupil

2. learner, scholar, assimilatornoun

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

   Synonyms:
   bookman, apprentice, scholarly person, prentice, assimilator, student, learner

3. scholarnoun

   a student who holds a scholarship

   Synonyms:
   bookman, learner, assimilator, student, scholarly person

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1. scholarnoun

   Synonyms:
   pupil, student, learner, disciple, savant, philomath

How to use scholar in a sentence?

1. Bob Jones:

   I take serious issue when somebody who's done a little non-fighting time in Iraq, and is not a Middle East or Islamic scholar, claims to know better than our President and Secretary of State how to fathom the motivations of terrorists, or how to refer to them beyond the term that best describes them -- terrorists.

2. Robert Burton:

   A mere scholar, a mere ass.

3. Robbie Kass:

   Besides being an accomplished actor, was also a true gentleman and a scholar, as well as being an incredibly kind and decent man. He will be sorely missed, my friend Ed Herrmann was the kindest, classiest, most talented man. It was an honor and a joy to know him, a devastating blow to lose him.

4. Tyre Sampson:

   Let's talk about the 4.0 intellectual that he could have been, he could've been a doctor, lawyer or scholar, an astronaut... The sky's the limit if you got potential. He had a lot of potential.

5. Lao Tzu:

   A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

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