savantnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsæv.ənt/us/sævˈɑːnt/formala person with a high level of knowledge or skill, especially someone who is less able in other ways:
There are musical savants who are very awkward physically - until they sit at the piano.
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Experts and specialists
- a mine of information idiom
- academician
- authority
- boffin
- buff
- child prodigy
- consultant
- high priest
- hotshot
- know sth inside out idiom
- literati
- maven
- resident
- superuser
- supremo
- techie
- technician
- technocracy
- technocrat
- virtuoso
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