Definition of scholar Scholar

/skɑˈlɚ/ - [skaler] - schol•ar

We found 14 definitions of scholar from 6 different sources.

What does scholar mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: scholars
scholar - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
		scholarly person, bookman, student
		intellectual, intellect a person who uses the mind creatively
		schoolman, academician a scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism
		alumna, alumnus, grad, graduate, alum a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
		arabist a scholar who specializes in Arab languages and culture
		bibliographer someone trained in compiling bibliographies
		bibliophile, book lover, booklover someone who loves (and usually collects) books
		kabbalist, cabalist a student of the Jewish Kabbalah
		dr., doctor children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office; "the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor"
		goliard a wandering scholar in medieval Europe; famed for intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of satirical and ribald Latin songs
		historian, historiographer a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
		humanist a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts
		learned person, pundit, savant, initiate people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate"
		islamist an orthodox Muslim
		licentiate holds a license (degree) from a (European) university
		masorete, masorite, massorete a scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of the Jewish scribes who contributed to the Masorah)
		master an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
		mujtihad an Islamic scholar who engages in ijtihad, the effort to derive rules of divine law from Muslim sacred texts
		musicologist a student of musicology
		pedant, bookworm, scholastic a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
		philomath a lover of learning
		philosopher a specialist in philosophy
		post doc, postdoc a scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree
		reader one of a series of texts for students learning to read
		renaissance man a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics
		generalist, renaissance man a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics
		salutatorian, salutatory speaker a graduating student with the second highest academic rank; may deliver the opening address at graduation exercises
		scholiast a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author)
		medieval schoolman, schoolman a scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism
		shakespearean, shakespearian a Shakespearean scholar
		sinologist a student of Chinese history and language and culture
		theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology
		valedictorian, valedictory speaker the student with the best grades who usually delivers the valedictory address at commencement
		vedist a scholar of or an authority on the Vedas
scholar - a student who holds a scholarship
		educatee, student, pupil a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
scholar - someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
		learner, assimilator
		mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism
		memoriser, memorizer a person who learns by rote
		quick study, sponge someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily; "she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge"
		dweeb, swot, wonk, nerd, grind an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

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Wiktionary

scholar (Noun)
A student; one who studies at school or college.
scholar (Noun)
A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.
scholar (Noun)
A learned person; a bookman.
scholar (Noun)
One who educates themself for their whole life.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

scholar (n.)
One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner; a student.
scholar (n.)
One engaged in the pursuits of learning; a learned person; one versed in any branch, or in many branches, of knowledge; a person of high literary or scientific attainments; a savant.
scholar (n.)
A man of books.
scholar (n.)
In English universities, an undergraduate who belongs to the foundation of a college, and receives support in part from its revenues.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

scholar
skol′ar, n. a pupil: a disciple: a student: one who has received a learned education: a man of learning: a savant: in the English universities, an undergraduate partly supported from the revenues of a college.—ns. Schol′arch, the head of a school of philosophy; Schol′arism, the affectation of scholarship.—adjs. Schol′ar-like, Schol′arly, like or becoming a scholar.—n. Schol′arship, the character of a scholar: learning: maintenance for a scholar, a benefaction, the annual proceeds of a bequest permanently invested for this purpose.—adj. Scholas′tic, pertaining to a scholar or to schools: scholar-like: pertaining to the schoolmen: excessively subtle: pedantic.—n. one who adheres to the method or subtleties of the schools of the middle ages.—adv. Scholas′tically, in a scholastic manner: according to the methods of the schools of philosophy.—n. Scholas′ticism, the aims, methods, and products of thought which constituted the main endeavour of the intellectual life of the middle ages: the method or subtleties of the schools of philosophy: the collected body of doctrines of the schoolmen. [Low L. scholaris—L. schola.]