as in scholar
a person of deep wisdom or learning
a savant in the field of medical ethics
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Music Brian Wilson, the musical genius behind the Beach Boys, dies at 82
Brian Wilson, the musical savant who scripted a defining Southern California soundtrack with a run of hit songs with the Beach Boys, has died.
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Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
Post-rehab wife-leaver John Mulaney was hitting up This Past Weekend With Theo Von long before Timothée Chalamet, and chat-show savant Von has now played host to broligarch Mark Zuckerberg, SNL Irish good-byer Morgan Wallen, and the aforementioned Ben Affleck.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 29 May 2025
Pryor was a savant at polishing his challenging circumstances and debilitating neuroses into crowd-pleasing material, and this is broadly how he’s remembered in comedy history.
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 23 May 2025
Alex Caruso, the 6-foot-5 defensive savant who spent so much of the evening frustrating the 6-11 Nikola Jokić, was the real MVP of the night (Jokić had 20 points on 5-of-9 shooting, with nine rebounds, seven assists and five turnovers).
—Sam Amick, New York Times, 19 May 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
Post-rehab wife-leaver John Mulaney was hitting up This Past Weekend With Theo Von long before Timothée Chalamet, and chat-show savant Von has now played host to broligarch Mark Zuckerberg, SNL Irish good-byer Morgan Wallen, and the aforementioned Ben Affleck.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 29 May 2025
Pryor was a savant at polishing his challenging circumstances and debilitating neuroses into crowd-pleasing material, and this is broadly how he’s remembered in comedy history.
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 23 May 2025
Alex Caruso, the 6-foot-5 defensive savant who spent so much of the evening frustrating the 6-11 Nikola Jokić, was the real MVP of the night (Jokić had 20 points on 5-of-9 shooting, with nine rebounds, seven assists and five turnovers).
—Sam Amick, New York Times, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for savant
scholar
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In addition to being a Sachs scholar, she was named a Gates Scholarship winner — a prestigious award from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
12 July 2025
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Robert Osborn, an early thinker on lawn tennis, was also a religious scholar.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
12 July 2025
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“Savant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/savant. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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