A thinker is a person who spends a lot of time thinking deeply about important things, especially someone who is famous for thinking of new or interesting ideas.
...some of the world's greatest thinkers.
Synonyms: philosopher, intellect [informal], wise man, sage More Synonyms of thinker
Examples of 'thinker' in a sentence
thinker
She is not a deep or original thinker.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
How do we go back to some of the great thinkers about this in our own history?
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
This kind of boredom is more important in the movement of human affairs than we give it credit for, as many great 20th-century thinkers observed.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
What is memorable about the writers we call the great thinkers?
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
Just what do these writers and thinkers stand for?
Kimball, Roger Tenured Radicals: How Politics Has Corrupted Higher Education (1990)
He has carved a niche for himself as an exciting political thinker.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
You must choose between a deep thinker and a wilder heart.
The Sun (2013)
Many great thinkers throughout human history have argued that design requires a designer.
Christianity Today (2000)
The anorexic tends to be sensitive and a deep thinker who takes things very seriously and personally.
Wilkinson, Helena Beyond Chaotic Eating (1993)
He was a great thinker and a great entrepreneur.
Dyson, Freeman Infinite in All Directions (1989)
He is no thinker and no writer.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He wrote poetry and was a deep thinker.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He was a deep thinker about the game.
Leo McKinstry Sir Alf: A Major Reappraisal of the Life and Times of England's Greatest FootballManager (2006)
He is an extremely deep thinker on the sport that has become his livelihood.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He is a deep thinker about football and has a commanding presence.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
American writers and thinkers seem to have the knack of explaining complex ideas in an accessible way for a popular audience.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Ireland was the touchstone of progressive Italian thinkers at this time.
Hebblethwaite, Peter Paul VI - The First Modern Pope (1993)
He can't be seen as an orthodox political thinker because his perspective is far too broad.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
As well as a knack for enthusing pupils, he was also renowned for galvanising political thinkers.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He's an easy one to get into and was a really great thinker.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
His death has left the world poorer in thinkers who do not let comfortable political taboos and intellectual fashions stifle their critique of capitalism.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I enjoyed learning about the great theological thinkers of the time.
Davey, Ray Rev. & Cole, John A Channel of Peace (1993)
As one of the world 's globetrotting thinkers, it is not easy to catch him on his home turf.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
This is a disservice to one of the 20th century's most powerful writers and thinkers and a disservice to ourselves.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The other, to be delivered if there is a jail sentence, will be more triumphant and announce his rebirth as a political thinker.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
thinker
British English: thinker NOUN
A thinker is a person who spends a lot of time thinking deeply about important things, especially someone who is famous for thinking of new or interesting ideas.
...some of the world's greatest thinkers.
American English: thinker
Brazilian Portuguese: pensador
Chinese: 思想家
European Spanish: pensador
French: cerveau
German: Denker
Italian: pensatore
Japanese: 思想家
Korean: 사상가
European Portuguese: pensador
Latin American Spanish: pensador
(noun)
some of the world's greatest thinkers
Synonyms
philosopher
the Greek philosopher Plato
intellect (informal)
My boss isn't a great intellect.
wise man
sage
ancient Chinese sages
brain (informal)
I've never been much of a brain myself.
theorist
mastermind
She was the mastermind behind the plan.
mahatma
Additional synonyms
in the sense of brain
Definition
an intelligent person
I've never been much of a brain myself.
Synonyms
intellectual,
genius,
scholar,
sage,
pundit,
thinker,
mastermind,
intellect (informal),
prodigy,
highbrow,
rocket scientist (informal),
egghead (informal),
brainbox,
clever clogs,
bluestocking (derogatory)
in the sense of intellect
Definition
a person who has a brilliant mind
My boss isn't a great intellect.
Synonyms
thinker,
intellectual,
genius,
mind,
brain (informal),
intelligence,
rocket scientist (informal),
egghead (informal)
in the sense of mastermind
Definition
a person who plans and directs a complex task or project
She was the mastermind behind the plan.
Synonyms
organizer,
director,
manager,
authority,
engineer,
brain(s) (informal),
architect,
genius,
planner,
intellect (informal),
virtuoso,
rocket scientist (informal),
brainbox
Synonyms of 'thinker'
thinker
Explore 'thinker' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of sage
Definition
a person, esp. an old man, regarded as being very wise