Scholar
noun
A person who studies, especially one who is very good at their studies or who studies a lot.
Emma is the top scholar in her class.
Often appears as...
- top scholar
- brilliant scholar
noun
A person who learns a subject to a high level, particularly at a university.
He was a great scholar of English literature.
Often appears as...
- great scholar
- renowned scholar
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Academic
noun
Someone who has been given a scholarship - money given to them to pay for their studies.
Being a scholar at Oxford University was a great honor for him.
Often appears as...
- rhodes scholar
- fulbright scholar
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Academic
noun
A person who studies, especially one who is very good at their studies or who studies a lot.
Emma is the top scholar in her class.
Often appears as...
- top scholar
- brilliant scholar
noun
A person who learns a subject to a high level, particularly at a university.
He was a great scholar of English literature.
Often appears as...
- great scholar
- renowned scholar
Usage tips
Academic
noun
Someone who has been given a scholarship - money given to them to pay for their studies.
Being a scholar at Oxford University was a great honor for him.
Often appears as...
- rhodes scholar
- fulbright scholar
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Studious Implication
Implies someone who loves learning and spends a lot of time studying.
My cousin is such a scholar; you'll always find her buried in books.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Professional
A scholar isn't always a professional; it can be anyone deeply engaged in study.
Even as a hobbyist historian, he's quite the scholar on ancient Rome.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
Being called a scholar is usually a compliment, suggesting intelligence and diligence.
After winning the science fair, her teacher called her a remarkable scholar.
Pro Tip 1/3Studious Implication
Implies someone who loves learning and spends a lot of time studying.
My cousin is such a scholar; you'll always find her buried in books.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Professional
A scholar isn't always a professional; it can be anyone deeply engaged in study.
Even as a hobbyist historian, he's quite the scholar on ancient Rome.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
Being called a scholar is usually a compliment, suggesting intelligence and diligence.
After winning the science fair, her teacher called her a remarkable scholar.
Pro Tip 1/3Studious Implication
Implies someone who loves learning and spends a lot of time studying.
My cousin is such a scholar; you'll always find her buried in books.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Professional
A scholar isn't always a professional; it can be anyone deeply engaged in study.
Even as a hobbyist historian, he's quite the scholar on ancient Rome.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
Being called a scholar is usually a compliment, suggesting intelligence and diligence.
After winning the science fair, her teacher called her a remarkable scholar.
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The murder of ancient...
becoming the city’s foremost scholar and taking over his position at the head of the Platonic school, similar to a modern university. She refined scientific instruments, wrote math textbooks, and developed a more efficient method of long division. But perhaps her most significant contributions to intellectual life
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History's "worst" nun -...
and was visited by many prominent scholars. While serving as the convent’s treasurer and archivist, she also protected the livelihoods of her niece and sisters from men who tried to exploit them. But her outspokenness ultimately brought her into conflict with her benefactors.
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What makes something...
and made to go through a bewildering process where neither the cause of his arrest, nor the nature of the judicial proceedings are made clear to him. This sort of scenario is considered so characteristic of Kafka's work that scholars came up with a new word for it.
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Why Brexit happened --...
is that free trade, the movement of capital, the movement of people across borders benefit everyone on aggregate. The consensus amongst international relations scholars is that globalization brings interdependence, which brings cooperation and peace.
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How books can open your...
Compare and contrast gives scholars a more complete understanding of a topic. So I thought, well, if comparative reading works for research, why not do it in daily life too? So I started reading books in pairs. So they can be about people --
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What causes economic...
Today, scholars work long and hard trying to predict what causes a bubble and how to avoid them. Tulip mania is an effective illustration of the underlying principles at work in a bubble and can help us understand more recent examples
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The rise and fall of the...
With each move, new palaces and temples were erected and lavishly decorated. Although kings claimed absolute power, we know that an extensive system of courtiers, provincial officials, and scholars influenced affairs.
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Fact-checking the Bible...
sent out a message that all the world should be taxed and/or a census taken depends on the translation and that everyone had to travel to their ancestral homeland to be counted scholars have a couple questions about
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The Messiah Before...
this Messiah and based his own life on him canola's interpretation hinges on a passage in the stone just four words long most scholars agree that the first
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Close Encounter with a...
well this is a real first for me I've never had a scholar Pender centipede on my hand before it's a little bit nerve-racking but I guess like all
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The murder of ancient...
becoming the city’s foremost scholar and taking over his position at the head of the Platonic school, similar to a modern university. She refined scientific instruments, wrote math textbooks, and developed a more efficient method of long division. But perhaps her most significant contributions to intellectual life
Video examples
History's "worst" nun -...
and was visited by many prominent scholars. While serving as the convent’s treasurer and archivist, she also protected the livelihoods of her niece and sisters from men who tried to exploit them. But her outspokenness ultimately brought her into conflict with her benefactors.
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What makes something...
and made to go through a bewildering process where neither the cause of his arrest, nor the nature of the judicial proceedings are made clear to him. This sort of scenario is considered so characteristic of Kafka's work that scholars came up with a new word for it.
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Why Brexit happened --...
is that free trade, the movement of capital, the movement of people across borders benefit everyone on aggregate. The consensus amongst international relations scholars is that globalization brings interdependence, which brings cooperation and peace.
Video examples
How books can open your...
Compare and contrast gives scholars a more complete understanding of a topic. So I thought, well, if comparative reading works for research, why not do it in daily life too? So I started reading books in pairs. So they can be about people --
Video examples
What causes economic...
Today, scholars work long and hard trying to predict what causes a bubble and how to avoid them. Tulip mania is an effective illustration of the underlying principles at work in a bubble and can help us understand more recent examples
Video examples
The rise and fall of the...
With each move, new palaces and temples were erected and lavishly decorated. Although kings claimed absolute power, we know that an extensive system of courtiers, provincial officials, and scholars influenced affairs.
Video examples
Fact-checking the Bible...
sent out a message that all the world should be taxed and/or a census taken depends on the translation and that everyone had to travel to their ancestral homeland to be counted scholars have a couple questions about
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The Messiah Before...
this Messiah and based his own life on him canola's interpretation hinges on a passage in the stone just four words long most scholars agree that the first
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Close Encounter with a...
well this is a real first for me I've never had a scholar Pender centipede on my hand before it's a little bit nerve-racking but I guess like all
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Josh Rosen
American Athlete
Over the last three years, UCLA has helped me grow as an athlete, a scholar, and a member of the community. I have made some mistakes along the way; however, I am grateful that I made those mistakes backed by such a supportive and positive university so that I could learn from them and better myself.
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Thomas P. Campbell
Educator
My goal is that we should have a rich engagement online that caters to a general and scholarly audience and that can provide a seamless experience for people, whether they are up the road or on the other side of the world.
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Norm Coleman
American Politician
America has a strategic interest in continuing to welcome international students at our colleges, universities, and high schools. Attracting the world's top scientific scholars helps to keep our economy competitive.
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Jeane Kirkpatrick
American Diplomat
Truth, which is important to a scholar, has got to be concrete. And there is nothing more concrete than dealing with babies, burps and bottles, frogs and mud.
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Jeffrey Kluger
American Writer
A mere ape in our world may be a scholar in its own, and the low life of any beast may be a source of deep satisfaction for the beast itself.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American Writer
The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.
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William Hazlitt
English Critic
The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of nature.
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Lao Tzu
Chinese Philosopher
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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Sam Wanamaker
American Actor
I foresee the Globe attracting scholars from all over the world.
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Geoffrey Chaucer
English Poet
The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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Josh Rosen
American Athlete
Over the last three years, UCLA has helped me grow as an athlete, a scholar, and a member of the community. I have made some mistakes along the way; however, I am grateful that I made those mistakes backed by such a supportive and positive university so that I could learn from them and better myself.
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Thomas P. Campbell
Educator
My goal is that we should have a rich engagement online that caters to a general and scholarly audience and that can provide a seamless experience for people, whether they are up the road or on the other side of the world.
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Norm Coleman
American Politician
America has a strategic interest in continuing to welcome international students at our colleges, universities, and high schools. Attracting the world's top scientific scholars helps to keep our economy competitive.
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Jeane Kirkpatrick
American Diplomat
Truth, which is important to a scholar, has got to be concrete. And there is nothing more concrete than dealing with babies, burps and bottles, frogs and mud.
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Jeffrey Kluger
American Writer
A mere ape in our world may be a scholar in its own, and the low life of any beast may be a source of deep satisfaction for the beast itself.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American Writer
The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.
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William Hazlitt
English Critic
The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of nature.
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Lao Tzu
Chinese Philosopher
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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Sam Wanamaker
American Actor
I foresee the Globe attracting scholars from all over the world.
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Geoffrey Chaucer
English Poet
The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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