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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024phi•los•o•pher /fɪˈlɑsəfɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Philosophyone who offers views and theories on, or who thinks about, profound questions of right or wrong, the nature of existence, truth, and logic, and other related issues.
- Philosophyone who regulates or controls his or her life by philosophy.
- one who is calm or thinks before acting, esp. under difficult circumstances.
See -phil-, -soph-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024phi•los•o•pher (fi los′ə fər),USA pronunciation n. - Philosophya person who offers views or theories on profound questions in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and other related fields.
- Philosophya person who is deeply versed in philosophy.
- Philosophya person who establishes the central ideas of some movement, cult, etc.
- Philosophya person who regulates his or her life, actions, judgments, utterances, etc., by the light of philosophy or reason.
- a person who is rationally or sensibly calm, esp. under trying circumstances.
- [Obs.]an alchemist or occult scientist.
- Greek philósophos philosopher, equivalent. to philo- philo- + soph(ía) wisdom (see -sophy) + -os noun, nominal suffix
- Latin philosophus
- Latin philosophus); replacing Old English philosoph
- Anglo-French (Middle French philosophe
- Middle English, variant of philosophre bef. 900
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