Antonyms for savant

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sa-vahnt, sav-uh nt; French sa-vahn

Phonetic Transcription : sæˈvɑnt, ˈsæv ənt; French saˈvɑ̃

Definition of savant

Origin : "one eminent for learning," 1719, from French savant "a learned man," noun use of adjective savant "learned, knowing," former present participle of savoir "to know," from Vulgar Latin *sapere, from Latin sapere "be wise" (see sapient).

noun scholar

Example sentences :

This persistency had struck the savant, and he asked a mutual friend to introduce him.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

A comparison reveals that the one author is not a cook while the other is not a savant.
Extract from : « Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome » by Apicius

No savant now denies the transmittable taint of insanity and consumption.
Extract from : « Mizora: A Prophecy » by Mary E. Bradley

Here the savant seeing a hobby-horse near, caught him and jumped on.
Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade

"I will trouble you with a few commissions," said the savant.
Extract from : « Dona Perfecta » by B. Perez Galdos

To this condition the Belgian savant gave the name of gymnaxony.
Extract from : « Vegetable Teratology » by Maxwell T. Masters

Outwardly the Professor did not appear like the savant he was reported to be.
Extract from : « The Green Mummy » by Fergus Hume

Menage was younger, and aspired to be a man of the world as well as a savant.
Extract from : « The Women of the French Salons » by Amelia Gere Mason

"I am willing to forgive you if it was an accident," replied the savant, more graciously.
Extract from : « Dikes and Ditches » by Oliver Optic

The savant enforces it violently because he may change it the next day.
Extract from : « Eugenics and Other Evils » by G. K. Chesterton

Synonyms for savant

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