literatinoun [ plural ]
uk/ˌlɪt.ərˈɑː.tiː/us/ˌlɪt̬.əˈrɑː.t̬iː/people with a good education who know a lot about literature:
Her novels are popular with university literati, but they have failed to attract a wider audience.
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Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Experts and specialists
- a mine of information idiom
- academician
- authority
- boffin
- buff
- child prodigy
- consultant
- high priest
- hotshot
- know sth inside out idiom
- maven
- natural
- resident
- superuser
- supremo
- techie
- technician
- technocracy
- technocrat
- virtuoso
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