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Antonyms for walking encyclopedia
| Grammar : Noun |
Definition of walking encyclopedia
- As in know-it-all : noun one who claims full knowledge
- As in learned person : noun educated person
- As in man of letters : noun man of learning
- As a "professor" I always felt myself a sham, with its chief duties of being a walking encyclopedia of erudition.
- Extract from : « The Letters of William James, Vol. II » by William James
- He knew precisely what she would say; Ann was a kind of walking encyclopedia of the conventions.
- Extract from : « Impact » by Irving E. Cox
- A walking encyclopedia cannot work for want of room to turn round in his own head.
- Extract from : « Health, Happiness, and Longevity » by Louis Philippe McCarty
- I found her most intelligent and so far as my career on and off the stage was concerned she was a walking encyclopedia.
- Extract from : « Nat Goodwin's Book » by Nat C. Goodwin
- Blind Tom's memory was a blank on most subjects, but he was a walking encyclopedia on music.
- Extract from : « The Trained Memory » by Warren Hilton
Synonyms for walking encyclopedia
- belletrist
- bibliophile
- bookman
- bookwoman
- braggart
- brain
- educated person
- erudite person
- intellectual
- know-it-all
- literary craftsman
- literary scholar
- litterateur
- man or woman of learning
- man or woman of letters
- sage
- savant
- scholar
- smart aleck
- smart-ass
- smarty-pants
- walking encyclopedia
- windbag
- wise guy
- wiseacre
- wordsmith
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