philosopher

Academic Word List, sublist 3.

About 9.55 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A lover of wisdom.
2. noun A student of philosophy.
3. noun A scholar or expert engaged in or contributing to philosophical inquiry.
4. noun 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.
5. noun A student, scholar, or expert in any branch of knowledge, especially those branches studied prior to being considered part of pure science.
6. noun An alchemist.

Similar words

philosophy theoretician theorist thinker scholar aristotle metaphysician intellectual logician sage

Often followed by

and of who is in to has was or

Word family

philosophers philosophical philosophically philosophies philosophise philosophised philosophises philosophising philosophize philosophized