savant Synonyms

expert pundit initiate genius learned person walking encyclopedia thinkers theorist technologist statesman illuminato specialist sophister solomon sinologue sinologist self-taught scientist schoolman scholastic thinker virtuoso wizard highbrow egghead wise man crack shot man of letters mahatma polymath wise person book lover mastermind fundi consultant maven scholars scholar sage doctor diplomatist connoisseur cognoscente buff brain bookworm bookman bibliophile authority appreciator