philosopher
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
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.
Inflected forms:
form: philosophers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: phylosopher
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A lover of wisdom.
pos: noun
gloss: A student of philosophy.
pos: noun
gloss: A scholar or expert engaged in or contributing to philosophical inquiry.
pos: noun
examples: Not much later—perhaps only two or three weeks later he has discovered meaning in them; he knows that they say "The cat sat on the hat." How this happens no one really knows, despite the efforts of philosophers and psychologists over two and a half millennia to study the phenomenon.
Their playwrights knew better. Scandal, murder, hair-rending and railing against the gods sold tickets. King is not a philosopher. He knows how to sell tickets.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: Then certaine Philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoikes, encountred him
This is not the sort of happiness which a man would in general wish to owe to his wife; but where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.
gloss: A student, scholar, or expert in any branch of knowledge, especially those branches studied prior to being considered part of pure science.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
gloss: An alchemist.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: Then thus conclude I, since that God of heaven
Will not that these philosophers neven
How that a man shall come unto this stone,
I rede as for the best to let it gon.
No further progress was made in this science until the Mohammedan alchemists embarked upon their search for the philosopher's stone, the elixir of life, and a method of transmuting base metals into gold.
Synonyms: philosopher
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:
lang: Afrikaans
word: filosoof
lang: Albanian
word: filozof
lang: Albanian
word: filozofe
lang: Albanian
word: i dashuni i giξe tditunavet
lang: Amharic
word: ፈላስፋ
roman: fälasfa
lang: Arabic
word: فَيْلَسُوف
roman: faylasūf
lang: Aragonese
word: filosofo
lang: Armenian
word: փիլիսոփա
roman: pʻilisopʻa
lang: Aromanian
word: filuzof
lang: Aromanian
word: filuzoafã
lang: Aromanian
word: filuzofã
lang: Aromanian
word: filuzofe
lang: Aromanian
word: filusof
lang: Aromanian
word: filusoafã
lang: Aromanian
word: filusofã
lang: Aromanian
word: filusofe
lang: Asturian
word: filósofu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: filosof
lang: Belarusian
word: філо́саф
roman: filósaf
lang: Belarusian
word: філёзаф
roman: filjózaf
lang: Bengali
word: দার্শনিক
roman: darśonik
lang: Bulgarian
word: филосо́ф
roman: filosóf
lang: Catalan
word: filòsof
lang: Catalan
word: filòsofa
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 哲學家 /哲学家
roman: zit³ hok⁶ gaa¹
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 哲學家 /哲学家
roman: zhéxuéjiā
lang: Coptic
word: ⲫⲓⲗⲟⲥⲟⲫⲟⲥ
roman: philosophos
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: felsefeci
lang: Czech
word: filozof
lang: Czech
word: filozofka
lang: Czech
word: filosof
lang: Czech
word: filosofka
lang: Czech
word: mudrc
lang: Danish
word: filosof
lang: Dutch
word: filosoof
lang: Dutch
word: filosofe
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word: wijsgeer
lang: Esperanto
word: filozofo
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word: filosoof
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word: heimspekingur
lang: Finnish
word: filosofi
lang: French
word: philosophe
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word: filosoof
lang: West-Frisian
word: wiisgear
lang: Galician
word: filósofa
lang: Galician
word: filósofo
lang: Georgian
word: ფილოსოფოსი
roman: pilosoposi
lang: German
word: Philosoph
lang: German
word: Philosophin
lang: Bavarian German
word: Philosoph
lang: Greek
word: φιλόσοφος
roman: filósofos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: φιλόσοφος
roman: philósophos
lang: Haitian Creole
word: filozòf
lang: Hebrew
word: פִילוֹסוֹף
roman: filosof
lang: Hebrew
word: הוֹגֵה דֵּעוֹת
roman: hogé de'ót
lang: Hindi
word: दार्शनिक
roman: dārśanik
lang: Hungarian
word: filozófus
lang: Icelandic
word: heimspekingur
lang: Ido
word: filozofo
lang: Indonesian
word: filsuf
lang: Indonesian
word: ahli pikir
lang: Interlingua
word: philosopho
lang: Irish
word: fealsamh
lang: Middle Irish
word: fellsam
lang: Old Irish
word: felsub
lang: Italian
word: filosofo
lang: Italian
word: filosofa
lang: Japanese
word: 哲学者
roman: tetsugakusha
lang: Kashubian
word: filozof
lang: Kashubian
word: filozofka
lang: Kazakh
word: пәлсапашы
roman: pälsapaşy
lang: Kazakh
word: философ
roman: filosof
lang: Khmer
word: ទស្សនវិទូ
roman: tŭəhsaʼnaʼ vituu
lang: Khmer
word: ចិន្តបណ្ឌិត
roman: centaʼbɑndɨt
lang: Korean
word: 철학자
roman: cheolhakja
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: fîlozof
lang: Kyrgyz
word: философ
roman: filosof
lang: Lao
word: ນັກປາດ
roman: nak pāt
lang: Latin
word: philosophus
lang: Latvian
word: filozofs
lang: Lithuanian
word: filosofas
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Philosoph
lang: Macedonian
word: филозо́ф
roman: filozóf
lang: Malay
word: ahli falsafah
lang: Malay
word: ahli fikir
lang: Malay
word: filsuf
lang: Maltese
word: filosfu
lang: Maltese
word: filosfa
lang: Mongolian
word: философич
roman: filosofič
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word: filosof
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: filosof
lang: Occitan
word: filosòf
lang: Occitan
word: filosòfa
lang: Church Slavic
word: философъ
roman: filosofŭ
lang: Old English
word: ūþwita
lang: Pashto
word: فيلسوف
roman: faylasūf
lang: Persian
word: فیلسوف
roman: filsuf
lang: Polish
word: filozof
lang: Polish
word: filozofka
lang: Polish
word: mędrzec
lang: Portuguese
word: filósofo
lang: Portuguese
word: filósofa
lang: Quechua
word: yachay wayllukuq
lang: Romanian
word: filozof
lang: Romanian
word: filozoafă
lang: Russian
word: фило́соф
roman: filósof
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: feallsanach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: фило̀зоф
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: фило̀зофкиња
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: filòzof
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: filòzofkinja
lang: Slovak
word: filozof
lang: Slovak
word: filozofka
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word: filozofka
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word: filozof
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word: filósofo
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word: filósofa
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word: mwanafalsafa
lang: Swedish
word: filosof
lang: Tagalog
word: batnayanon
lang: Tagalog
word: pilosopo
lang: Tajik
word: файласуф
roman: faylasuf
lang: Tajik
word: хирадварз
roman: xiradvarz
lang: Tajik
word: философ
roman: filosof
lang: Tatar
word: фәлсәфәче
roman: fälsäfäçe
lang: Tatar
word: философ
roman: filosof
lang: Thai
word: นักปราชญ์
roman: nák-bpràat
lang: Thai
word: นักปรัชญา
roman: nák-bpràt-yaa
lang: Tocharian B
word: pälskauca
lang: Turkish
word: felsefeci
lang: Turkish
word: filozof
lang: Turkmen
word: filosof
lang: Ukrainian
word: філо́соф
roman: filósof
lang: Urdu
word: فَلْسَفی
roman: falsafī
lang: Uyghur
word: پەيلاسوپ
roman: peylasop
lang: Uzbek
word: faylasuf
lang: Uzbek
word: filosof
lang: Vietnamese
word: nhà triết học
lang: Vietnamese
word: triết gia
lang: Vietnamese
word: triết nhân
lang: Vietnamese
word: nhà hiền triết
lang: Volapük
word: filosopan
lang: Volapük
word: hifilosopan
lang: Volapük
word: jifilosopan
lang: Walloon
word: filozofe
lang: Yiddish
word: פֿילאָסאָףֿ
roman: filosof