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any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects
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Jesuit
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casuist
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choplogic
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cosmologist
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dialectician
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logicaster
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logician
,
logistician
,
metaphysician
,
paralogist
,
philosophaster
,
philosophe
,
philosopher
,
philosophizer
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ratiocinator
,
rationalist
,
rationalizer
,
reasoner
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sophister
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speculator
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syllogist
,
syllogizer
,
thinker
dabbler
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an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
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Sunday painter
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abecedarian
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amateur
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coquet
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criticaster
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dabster
,
dallier
,
dilettante
,
dunce
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fribble
,
grammaticaster
,
greenhorn
,
greeny
,
half scholar
,
ignoramus
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illiterate
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illiterati
,
know-nothing
,
lowbrow
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middlebrow
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no scholar
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nonprofessional
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philologaster
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philosophaster
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piddler
,
potterer
,
puddinghead
,
putterer
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sciolist
,
smatterer
,
tenderfoot
,
trifler
,
tyro
,
unintelligentsia
speculator
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someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts
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adventurer
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armchair authority
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betting ring
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bettor
,
big operator
,
boneshaker
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cardshark
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cardsharp
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cardsharper
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casuist
,
compulsive gambler
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cosmologist
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crap shooter
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doctrinaire
,
doctrinarian
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gambler
,
gamester
,
gunslinger
,
hazarder
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hypothesist
,
hypothesizer
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lame duck
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margin purchaser
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metaphysician
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operator
,
petty gambler
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philosophaster
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philosophe
,
philosopher
,
philosophizer
,
piker
,
player
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plunger
,
punter
,
scalper
,
sharp
,
sharper
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sharpie
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smart operator
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sophist
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sport
,
sporting man
,
sportsman
,
stag
,
theoretic
,
theoretician
,
theorist
,
theorizer
,
thinker
,
tinhorn
,
tipster
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tout
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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)
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Brahmin
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Nestor
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Solomon
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authority
,
brainworker
,
casuist
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cosmologist
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dialectician
,
doctor
,
egghead
,
elder
,
elder statesman
,
expert
,
great soul
,
guru
,
highbrow
,
illuminate
,
intellect
,
intellectual
,
intellectualist
,
literate
,
logicaster
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logician
,
logistician
,
lover of wisdom
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mahatma
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man of intellect
,
man of wisdom
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mandarin
,
master
,
mastermind
,
mentor
,
metaphysician
,
oracle
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philosophaster
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philosophe
,
philosopher
,
philosophizer
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pundit
,
rabbi
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ratiocinator
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rationalist
,
rationalizer
,
reasoner
,
rishi
,
sage
,
sapient
,
savant
,
scholar
,
seer
,
sophist
,
speculator
,
starets
,
syllogist
,
syllogizer
,
white-collar intellectual
,
wise man
,
wise old man
trifler
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one who behaves lightly or not seriously
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Sunday painter
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amateur
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bungler
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clock watcher
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coquet
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criticaster
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dabbler
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dabster
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dallier
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dawdle
,
dawdler
,
diddler
,
dilettante
,
dillydallier
,
disregarder
,
do-nothing
,
dodger
,
dolittle
,
doodler
,
faineant
,
flirt
,
fribble
,
gentleman of leisure
,
goldbrick
,
goldbricker
,
goof-off
,
grammaticaster
,
half scholar
,
idler
,
ignorer
,
laggard
,
lingerer
,
loafer
,
loiterer
,
loller
,
lotus-eater
,
lounger
,
lubber
,
malingerer
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mope
,
moper
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neglecter
,
negligent
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philologaster
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philosophaster
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piddler
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potterer
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procrastinator
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putterer
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sciolist
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shirker
,
slacker
,
slouch
,
sloucher
,
sloven
,
slug
,
sluggard
,
slut
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smatterer
,
stick-in-the-mud
,
time killer
,
time waster
,
waiter on Providence
dilettante
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showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish; "his dilettantish efforts at painting"
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Sunday painter
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abecedarian
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admirer
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aesthete
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aficionado
,
amateur
,
arbiter
,
arbiter elegantiarum
,
arbiter of taste
,
authority
,
bon vivant
,
booster
,
buff
,
cognoscente
,
collector
,
connaisseur
,
connoisseur
,
coquet
,
critic
,
criticaster
,
dabbler
,
dabbling
,
dabster
,
dallier
,
devotee
,
dilettantish
,
dunce
,
epicure
,
epicurean
,
expert
,
fan
,
fancier
,
flirt
,
follower
,
fool
,
freak
,
fribble
,
good judge
,
gourmand
,
gourmet
,
grammaticaster
,
greenhorn
,
greeny
,
groupie
,
half scholar
,
idolater
,
idolizer
,
ignoramus
,
illiterate
,
illiterati
,
jackleg
,
judge
,
know-nothing
,
lowbrow
,
maven
,
middlebrow
,
no scholar
,
nonprofessional
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nut
,
philologaster
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philosophaster
,
piddler
,
potterer
,
puddinghead
,
pundit
,
putterer
,
refined palate
,
rooter
,
savant
,
scholar
,
sciolist
,
smatterer
,
specialist
,
technical expert
,
technician
,
tenderfoot
,
trifler
,
tyro
,
unaccomplished
,
unfinished
,
ungifted
,
unintelligentsia
,
unskilled
,
virtuoso
,
votary
,
worshiper
amateur
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someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
does not play for pay
engaged in as a pastime; "an amateur painter"; "gained valuable experience in amateur theatricals"; "recreational golfers"; "reading matter that is both recreational and mentally stimulating"; "unpaid extras in the documentary"
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Sunday painter
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abecedarian
,
admirer
,
aesthete
,
aficionado
,
amateurish
,
apprentice
,
arbiter
,
arbiter elegantiarum
,
arbiter of taste
,
authority
,
avocational
,
beginner
,
bon vivant
,
booster
,
buff
,
bungler
,
bungling
,
clumsy
,
cognoscente
,
collector
,
connaisseur
,
connoisseur
,
coquet
,
crank
,
critic
,
criticaster
,
crude
,
dabbler
,
dabbling
,
dabster
,
dallier
,
devotee
,
dilettante
,
dilettantish
,
enthusiast
,
epicure
,
epicurean
,
expert
,
faddist
,
fan
,
fancier
,
flirt
,
follower
,
freak
,
fribble
,
good judge
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gourmand
,
gourmet
,
grammaticaster
,
greenhorn
,
groupie
,
half scholar
,
half-assed
,
half-baked
,
half-cocked
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idolater
,
idolizer
,
immature
,
inexpert
,
infatuate
,
inferior
,
judge
,
lay
,
layman
,
maven
,
mediocre
,
neophyte
,
nonprofessional
,
novice
,
nut
,
philologaster
,
philosophaster
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piddler
,
potterer
,
probationer
,
pundit
,
putterer
,
refined palate
,
rooter
,
savant
,
scholar
,
sciolist
,
sciolistic
,
second-rate
,
shallow
,
smatterer
,
smattering
,
sophomoric
,
specialist
,
superficial
,
technical expert
,
technician
,
tinker
,
trifler
,
tyro
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unpaid
,
unprofessional
,
unskilled
,
untrained
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virtuoso
,
votary
,
worshiper
,
zealot
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