scholars

noun

plural of scholar
1
as in sages
a person of deep wisdom or learning scholars have long debated whether there is ever such a thing as a truly selfless act

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2
as in experts
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field a scholar who is a specialist in the history of ancient Greece

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3
as in students
one who attends a school a competition for promising young scholars from across the country

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Recent Examples of scholars In Europe, groups of scholars have banded together to investigate allegations of plagiarism. — Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026 Until governments, investors, scholars, and development institutions can agree on how eligibility, disclosure, and performance translate across them, much of this capital will remain difficult to deploy at scale. — Alaa Murabit, STAT, 20 Aug. 2026 Some scholars report average increases of more than 50 percent, while others suggest that certain households saw their water bills double or even triple. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026 Most scholars assume that the Iliad and the Odyssey were composed sometime between the eighth century and the mid-seventh century BCE, and finally copied down by the mid-sixth century BCE. — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026 Gittelsohn, a painter who attended the now-shuttered San Francisco Art Institute in the 1970s, located across the street from the couple’s home, reached out to about 50 scholars and art experts about the origins of the bust. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026 Of course, as scholars like Winters wrote, this kind of oligarchy-hiding-in-plain-sight was part of the package of modern oligarchy—a kind of conscious cloaking that helped these figures rise in the first place, without any kind of public pushback. — Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026 Some scholars, though, say that Taiwan's government is enforcing the law selectively. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scholars
  1. sages
  2. experts
  3. students
  4. teachers
  5. adepts
  6. pupils
  7. pundits
  8. masters
Noun
  • Look to Rainbow Swiss chard, multicolor lettuces, purple-leaf basil, dusky blue kales or cabbages, and variegated perennial thymes and sages.
    — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Black sages have shown that Black rage will not be silenced; rather, it is directed toward creative expression.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
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  • Meet the experts Taylor Carter is a hairstylist based in Boston.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The reduction will likely worsen existing delays and exacerbate transit fees, experts say.
    — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of experts
Noun
  • Families at Kensington High School are getting some answers less than a week before students head back to class.
    — Eva Andersen, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Verified college students and faculty members can receive a $50 first-purchase discount, and TW-series models come with a complimentary large seat.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of students
Noun
  • Fuller is nearly six months into the new position, created as Texas faces growing scrutiny over how school districts handle allegations involving teachers, coaches, and other school employees.
    — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • During the day, these women work as teachers, painter-decorators, full-time carers.
    — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
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  • Still, the question of what Ebel was doing with his adepts swept through Prussia, dominating the newspapers that had only recently begun to emerge from their eighteenth-century chronicling of obligations to a more modern publicizing role.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • He was investigated by the SS on the orders of Heinrich Himmler but convinced his investigators, all adepts of Deutsche Physik, that he was engaged in worthwhile teaching and research.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Definition of adepts
Noun
  • Their heads are broad and coppery in color, and their eyes have vertical, catlike pupils.
    — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Our eyes collect light through our pupils, tiny openings only a few millimeters in diameter, and a lens inside our eyes focuses the light onto an optic nerve.
    — Elijah Tan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of pupils
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  • So far, the Rams look much smarter than the TV draft scouts and pundits not named Orlovsky.
    — Armando Salguero, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Still, with a novice head coach and a new lineup, the Suns surprised the pundits, finishing 45-37 and making the playoffs even for just a moment.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of pundits
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  • The energetic margins may be condemned by the masters of cities, but cities would not be the same without them.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Thousands have attended Energy Healing Conference events in Utah, Montana and Idaho, where breathwork practitioners, Reiki masters and herbalists gather to dispense ancient wisdom.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
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