autodidact

Noun

Meaning

One who is self-taught; an automath.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

natural individual mortal self-made self-educated self-education self-taught autodidactic automath self-study self-professed self-learning self-qualified self-taught person hands-on learner

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Hypernyms

individual person soul mortal somebody someone

Examples

And an autodidact in prison where — working on his body and his mind — he developed real discipline. Source: Internet

After an injury dashed his dreams of becoming a professional footballer, Schulz sank into alcoholism before opening a bookstore and becoming an autodidact with six languages under his belt. Source: Internet

He was an archetypical Stalin’s man: a ruthless, cautious, and hard-working autodidact who combined the vestiges of revolutionary idealism with cunning, shrewdness and efficiency. Source: Internet

I was unschooled by a liberal-artsy mom who wanted me to be an autodidact. Source: Internet

It is however not clear that these opportunities were available to even the most well-placed Byzantine families of the eighth century, and it is possible that Theodore was at least partially an autodidact. Source: Internet

New York Times comments The New York Times has described Mahmood as "an autodidact intellectual with grand aspirations," and noted that "his fellow scientists at PAEC began to wonder if Mahmood was mentally sound." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

autodial autodialer autodialler autodidactic autodidactically autodidacticism