scholars

Those who research

Scholars are people devoted to learning and academic study, typically through research and teaching at universities.

The word implies deep expertise in a specialized field: a Shakespeare scholar, a biblical scholar.

A scholar can also be a student who holds a scholarship.

Scholarly describes work marked by careful research and rigorous standards.

academia

professors

Highest-ranking university instructors

researchersThose who study systematically
academicsProfessional researchers and teachers
facultyInherent power or ability

university · college · tenure · dissertation · thesis · journals · publications · monograph · seminar · symposium

research

study

Deliberate learning effort

methodologyFormal procedural framework
fieldworkResearch conducted on location
archivesStored historical documents

bibliography · footnotes · empirical · qualitative · quantitative · hypothesis · findings · ethnography · analysis · investigation

erudition

learned

Having much knowledge

eruditeProfoundly knowledgeable
knowledgeableHaving extensive information
well-readKnowledgeable through literature

literate · bookish · studious · intellectual · cultivated · educated · lettered · sagacious · discerning · versed

types

historian

Expert on past events

philosopherStudent of fundamental questions
theologianExpert in religious doctrine
classicistScholar of antiquity

philologist · linguist · orientalist · medievalist · antiquarian · rhetorician · humanist · jurist · bibliophile · lexicographer

funding

fellowship

Mutual goodwill among companions

grantBestow or award money
stipendFixed regular payment
bursaryEducational financial award

endowment · patronage · sponsorship · foundation · benefactor · Rhodes · Fulbright · Guggenheim · laureate · award

Categories

notable peoplepoliticians, artists, leaders, writers, scientists
intelligentsiaintellectuals, professors, intelligentsia, academics, philosophers
Medieval Patronageart commissions, royal courts, noble houses, court artists, cathedral building
academiaprofessors, universities, graduation cap, biology department, professor
academicsprofessor, course, university professors, math, professors
expertsexperts, expert, specialist, masters, specialists

Opposites

intellectual depth and expertise

scholarsignoramuses

Profoundly uninformed persons

dilettantes · dabblers · amateurs · novices · know-nothings

role in knowledge transmission

scholarspupils

Students or eye openings

students · learners · apprentices · disciples · novices

intellectual disposition

scholarsanti-intellectuals

Those opposing learned discourse

philistines · ignoramuses · fools · barbarians · yahoos

Phrases

scholarly papersFormal research publications
scholarly articlePeer-reviewed research publication
religious scholarExpert in faith traditions
athletic scholarshipTuition aid for competitors
gentleman and scholarCultured, principled, learned man
Rhodes ScholarAcademic award recipient, Oxford-bound

Family

scholar, scholarship, scholarly, scholastic, scholastics, scholastically, scholasticism

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