Exact Match:
- casuist
- someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious
Synonyms:
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Related Words:
- sophist
collapse - any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects related words >
- debater
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- someone who engages in debate related words >
- Philadelphia lawyer,
- apologist,
- arguer,
- argufier,
- casuist,
- controversialist,
- declaimer,
- demagogue,
- disceptator,
- disputant,
- guardhouse lawyer,
- haranguer,
- jawsmith,
- logomacher,
- logomachist,
- mooter,
- panelist,
- pilpulist,
- polemic,
- polemicist,
- polemist,
- public speaker,
- rabble-rouser,
- ranter,
- speaker,
- speecher,
- speechifier,
- speechmaker,
- spieler,
- spokesman,
- spokeswoman,
- spouter,
- talker,
- tub-thumper,
- wrangler
- Artful Dodger,
- Yankee horse trader,
- ambulance chaser,
- apologist,
- arguer,
- argufier,
- casuist,
- charmer,
- controversialist,
- crafty rascal,
- debater,
- disceptator,
- disputant,
- dodger,
- fox,
- glib tongue,
- guardhouse lawyer,
- horse trader,
- logomacher,
- logomachist,
- mooter,
- pettifogger,
- pilpulist,
- polemic,
- polemicist,
- polemist,
- reynard,
- shyster,
- slick citizen,
- sly dog,
- slyboots,
- sweet talker,
- swindler,
- trickster,
- wrangler
- Jesuit
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- a member of the Jesuit order related words >
- Augustinian,
- Augustinian Hermit,
- Austin Friar,
- Benedictine,
- Bernardine,
- Black Friar,
- Black Monk,
- Bonhomme,
- Brigittine,
- Capuchin,
- Carmelite,
- Carthusian,
- Cistercian,
- Cluniac,
- Conventual,
- Crossed Friar,
- Crutched Friar,
- Dominican,
- Franciscan,
- Friar Minor,
- Gilbertine,
- Gray Friar,
- Hospitaler,
- Loyolite,
- Marist,
- Maryknoll,
- Minorite,
- Observant,
- Oratorian,
- Premonstratensian,
- Recollect,
- Recollet,
- Redemptorist,
- Templar,
- Trappist,
- White Friar,
- begging hermit,
- casuist,
- choplogic,
- paralogist,
- preaching friar,
- sophist,
- sophister
- speculator
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- someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
- someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts related words >
- adventurer,
- armchair authority,
- betting ring,
- bettor,
- big operator,
- boneshaker,
- cardshark,
- cardsharp,
- cardsharper,
- casuist,
- compulsive gambler,
- cosmologist,
- crap shooter,
- doctrinaire,
- doctrinarian,
- gambler,
- gamester,
- gunslinger,
- hazarder,
- hypothesist,
- hypothesizer,
- lame duck,
- margin purchaser,
- metaphysician,
- operator,
- petty gambler,
- philosophaster,
- philosophe,
- philosopher,
- philosophizer,
- piker,
- player,
- plunger,
- punter,
- scalper,
- sharp,
- sharper,
- sharpie,
- smart operator,
- sophist,
- sport,
- sporting man,
- sportsman,
- stag,
- theoretic,
- theoretician,
- theorist,
- theorizer,
- thinker,
- tinhorn,
- tipster,
- tout,
- venturer,
- wagerer
- thinker
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- an important intellectual; "the great minds of the 17th century"
- someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision) related words >
- Brahmin,
- Nestor,
- Solomon,
- authority,
- brainworker,
- casuist,
- cosmologist,
- dialectician,
- doctor,
- egghead,
- elder,
- elder statesman,
- expert,
- great soul,
- guru,
- highbrow,
- illuminate,
- intellect,
- intellectual,
- intellectualist,
- literate,
- logicaster,
- logician,
- logistician,
- lover of wisdom,
- mahatma,
- man of intellect,
- man of wisdom,
- mandarin,
- master,
- mastermind,
- mentor,
- metaphysician,
- oracle,
- philosophaster,
- philosophe,
- philosopher,
- philosophizer,
- pundit,
- rabbi,
- ratiocinator,
- rationalist,
- rationalizer,
- reasoner,
- rishi,
- sage,
- sapient,
- savant,
- scholar,
- seer,
- sophist,
- speculator,
- starets,
- syllogist,
- syllogizer,
- white-collar intellectual,
- wise man,
- wise old man
- apologist
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- a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution; "an apologist for capital punishment" related words >
- Maecenas,
- Philadelphia lawyer,
- abettor,
- admirer,
- advocate,
- aficionado,
- angel,
- apologete,
- apologizer,
- arguer,
- argufier,
- backer,
- buff,
- casuist,
- champion,
- controversialist,
- debater,
- defender,
- dependence,
- disceptator,
- disputant,
- encourager,
- endorser,
- exponent,
- fan,
- favorer,
- friend at court,
- guard,
- guardhouse lawyer,
- justifier,
- logomacher,
- logomachist,
- lover,
- mainstay,
- maintainer,
- mooter,
- paladin,
- paranymph,
- partisan,
- patron,
- pilpulist,
- pleader,
- polemic,
- polemicist,
- polemist,
- promoter,
- proponent,
- protagonist,
- protector,
- reliance,
- second,
- seconder,
- sectary,
- sider,
- sponsor,
- stalwart,
- standby,
- successful advocate,
- support,
- supporter,
- sustainer,
- sympathizer,
- upholder,
- vindicator,
- votary,
- well-wisher,
- whitewasher,
- wrangler
- disputant
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- a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy related words >
- Philadelphia lawyer,
- apologist,
- arguer,
- argufier,
- battler,
- belligerent,
- belted knight,
- bickerer,
- bitter-ender,
- blade,
- bravo,
- brawler,
- bully,
- bullyboy,
- casuist,
- combatant,
- competitor,
- contender,
- contestant,
- controversialist,
- debater,
- defendant,
- diehard,
- disceptator,
- dissentient,
- dissident,
- duelist,
- enforcer,
- fencer,
- feuder,
- fighter,
- fighting cock,
- foilsman,
- gamecock,
- gladiator,
- goon,
- gorilla,
- guardhouse lawyer,
- hatchet man,
- hood,
- hoodlum,
- hooligan,
- intransigent,
- irreconcilable,
- jouster,
- knight,
- last-ditcher,
- litigant,
- logomacher,
- logomachist,
- militant,
- mooter,
- naysayer,
- negativist,
- noncooperator,
- objector,
- obstructionist,
- obstructive,
- opposer,
- oppositionist,
- pilpulist,
- plaintiff,
- plug-ugly,
- polemic,
- polemicist,
- polemist,
- protester,
- quarreler,
- resister,
- rioter,
- rival,
- rough,
- rowdy,
- ruffian,
- sabreur,
- scrapper,
- scuffler,
- squabbler,
- strong arm,
- strong-arm man,
- strong-armer,
- struggler,
- swashbuckler,
- sword,
- swordplayer,
- swordsman,
- thug,
- tilter,
- tough,
- tussler,
- wrangler
- polemic
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- a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
- of or involving dispute or controversy related words >
- Kilkenny cats,
- Philadelphia lawyer,
- altercation,
- apologetics,
- apologia,
- apologist,
- apology,
- arguer,
- argufier,
- argument,
- argumentation,
- bicker,
- bickering,
- blood feud,
- brawl,
- broil,
- casuist,
- casuistry,
- cat-and-dog life,
- combat,
- conflict,
- contention,
- contentiousness,
- contest,
- contestation,
- controversialist,
- controversy,
- cut and thrust,
- debate,
- debater,
- defense,
- disceptator,
- disputant,
- disputation,
- dispute,
- donnybrook,
- donnybrook fair,
- embroilment,
- enmity,
- feud,
- fight,
- fighting,
- fliting,
- flyting,
- fracas,
- fuss,
- guardhouse lawyer,
- hassle,
- hostility,
- hubbub,
- imbroglio,
- litigation,
- logomacher,
- logomachist,
- logomachy,
- mooter,
- open quarrel,
- paper war,
- passage of arms,
- pilpulist,
- polemicist,
- polemics,
- polemist,
- quarrel,
- quarreling,
- quarrelsomeness,
- rhubarb,
- scrapping,
- set-to,
- sharp words,
- slanging match,
- snarl,
- spat,
- squabble,
- squabbling,
- strife,
- struggle,
- tiff,
- tussle,
- vendetta,
- verbal engagement,
- war,
- war of words,
- warfare,
- words,
- wrangle,
- wrangler,
- wrangling
- wrangler
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- someone who argues noisily or angrily related words >
- Philadelphia lawyer,
- apologist,
- arguer,
- argufier,
- battler,
- belligerent,
- belted knight,
- bickerer,
- bitter-ender,
- blade,
- bravo,
- brawler,
- bully,
- bullyboy,
- casuist,
- cattleman,
- combatant,
- commoner,
- competitor,
- contender,
- contestant,
- controversialist,
- cowboy,
- cowgirl,
- cowhand,
- cowherd,
- cowman,
- cowpuncher,
- debater,
- defendant,
- diehard,
- disceptator,
- disputant,
- dissentient,
- dissident,
- drover,
- duelist,
- enforcer,
- exhibitioner,
- fencer,
- feuder,
- fighter,
- fighting cock,
- foilsman,
- gamecock,
- gaucho,
- gladiator,
- goatherd,
- goon,
- gooseboy,
- gooseherd,
- gorilla,
- guardhouse lawyer,
- hatchet man,
- herder,
- herdsman,
- hogherd,
- hood,
- hoodlum,
- hooligan,
- horse wrangler,
- horseherd,
- intransigent,
- irreconcilable,
- jouster,
- knight,
- last-ditcher,
- litigant,
- logomacher,
- logomachist,
- militant,
- mooter,
- naysayer,
- negativist,
- noncooperator,
- objector,
- obstructionist,
- obstructive,
- opposer,
- oppositionist,
- optime,
- passman,
- pensioner,
- pigman,
- pilpulist,
- plaintiff,
- plug-ugly,
- polemic,
- polemicist,
- polemist,
- protester,
- puncher,
- quarreler,
- questionist,
- resister,
- rioter,
- rival,
- rough,
- rowdy,
- ruffian,
- sabreur,
- scrapper,
- scuffler,
- servitor,
- sheepherder,
- sheepman,
- shepherd,
- shepherdess,
- sizar,
- sophister,
- squabbler,
- strong arm,
- strong-arm man,
- strong-armer,
- struggler,
- swanherd,
- swashbuckler,
- swineherd,
- sword,
- swordplayer,
- swordsman,
- thug,
- tilter,
- tough,
- tussler,
- vaquero,
- waddy
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