philosopher
[noun]
Synonyms: thinker, logician, metaphysician, sage, theorist, wise man

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phi‧los‧o‧pher AC /fəˈlɒsəfə, fɪˈlɒsəfə $ -ˈlɑːsəfər/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: philosophy, philosopher; adverb: philosophically; adjective: philosophical]

1. someone who studies and develops ideas about the nature and meaning of existence, truth, good and evil etc:
Plato, Aristotle, and other Greek philosophers

2. someone who thinks deeply about the world, life etc

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philosopher
noun
ADJ. distinguished, eminent, famous, great the great philosophers of ancient Greece
ancient, classical | contemporary, modern | Eastern, Western | professional | experimental, legal, moral, natural (historical), political, social a talk by a distinguished moral philosopher He called himself a ‘natural philosopher’: today we would say a ‘scientist’.
sceptical
PHRASES a philosopher of religion/science

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