/θɪˈŋkɚ/ - [thingker] - think•er
We found 6 definitions of thinker from 4 different sources.
NounPlural: thinkers |
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thinker - someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision) | ||
intellectual, intellect a person who uses the mind creatively | ||
brain-worker, brainworker someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems | ||
classifier a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs | ||
divergent thinker a thinker who moves away from the problem as stated and often has novel ideas and solutions | ||
excogitator a thinker who considers carefully and thoroughly | ||
muser, ponderer, ruminator, muller a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation | ||
arranger, organiser, organizer a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance | ||
philosophiser, philosophizer someone who considers situations from a philosophical point of view | ||
convergent thinker, problem solver, solver a thinker who focuses on the problem as stated and tries to synthesize information and knowledge to achieve a solution | ||
ratiocinator, reasoner someone who reasons logically | ||
rocket scientist a clever thinker; "you do not have to be a rocket scientist to figure that out" | ||
thinker - an important intellectual; "the great minds of the 17th century" | ||
creative thinker, mind | ||
intellectual, intellect a person who uses the mind creatively |