philosopher

phi·los·o·pher  (f-ls-fr)

n.

1. A student of or specialist in philosophy.

2. A person who lives and thinks according to a particular philosophy.

3. A person who is calm and rational under any circumstances.

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[Middle English philosophre, from alteration of Old French philosophe, from Latin philosophus, from Greek philosophos, lover of wisdom, philosopher : philo-, philo- + sophi, knowledge, learning.]

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philosopher

Noun

1. a person who studies philosophy

2. a person who remains calm and stoical in the face of difficulties or disappointments

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	philosopher - a specialist in philosophy           philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics nativist - a philosopher who subscribes to nativism Cynic - a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control eclectic, eclecticist - someone who selects according to the eclectic method empiricist - a philosopher who subscribes to empiricism epistemologist - a specialist in epistemology aesthetician, esthetician - a philosopher who specializes in the nature of beauty ethician, ethicist - a philosopher who specializes in ethics existential philosopher, existentialist, existentialist philosopher - a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable gymnosophist - member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism) libertarian - someone who believes the doctrine of free will mechanist - a philosopher who subscribes to the doctrine of mechanism moralist - a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems naturalist - an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms necessitarian - someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will nominalist - a philosopher who has adopted the doctrine of nominalism pluralist - a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature pre-Socratic - any philosopher who lived before Socrates realist - a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines Scholastic - a Scholastic philosopher or theologian Sophist - any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects Stoic - a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny" transcendentalist - advocate of transcendentalism yogi - one who practices yoga and has achieved a high level of spiritual insight Karl Popper, Popper, Sir Karl Raimund Popper - British philosopher (born in Austria) who argued that scientific theories can never be proved to be true, but are tested by attempts to falsify them (1902-1994)
	2.	philosopher - a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

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philosopher

noun thinker, theorist, sage, wise man, logician, metaphysician, dialectician, seeker after truth

Translations

philosopher [fɪˈlɔsəfəʳ] n → filósofo/a

philosopher [fɪˈlɔsəfəʳ] n → philosophe m

philosopher [fɪˈlɔsəfəʳ] n → Philosoph(in) m(f)

philosopher [fɪˈlɔsəfəʳ] n → filosofo/a