thinker

UK /ˈθɪŋ.kə(ɹ)/ US /ˈθɪŋ.kɚ/

noun 4

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

great, leading

Some of the leading thinkers in philosophy have challenged our assumptions about human nature.

PREP

~ on

She became one of the most influential thinkers on environmental issues in the twentieth century.

Definitions

noun

One who spends time thinking, contemplating or meditating.

The doer and the thinker No allowance for the other.

An intellectual, such as a philosopher or theologian.

From his studies of these thinkers and activists, Mr. Obama took what he called the “Niebuhrian” lesson that we can have “a cleareyed view of the world and the realities of cruelty and sin and greed and violence, and yet, still maintain a sense of hope and possibility, as an act of will and leap of faith.”

The brain; the mind.

"Well, I tried to do like you and grandfather say; don't use my thinker, use imagination."

A poser; a conundrum that requires some thinking.

HANK: The NRA is a Washington D.C. based organization. Are you telling me you support Washington D.C.? DALE: That's a thinker.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an important intellectual

mind

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

deep thinker

A person whose thoughts are profound; an intellectual.

Then came a disquisition on pride, with quotations and commonplaces;—then an eulogium, by his lordship, on his lordship's own knowledge of the human heart, and more especially of t

Example Bank

The doer and the thinker No allowance for the other.

Wiktionary

"Well, I tried to do like you and grandfather say; don't use my thinker, use imagination."

Wiktionary

Freud's insights into human behavior led to him being honored as a profound thinker.

Tatoeba · #1961

Between you and me, he's a shallow thinker.

Tatoeba · #62018

He is as great a thinker as ever lived.

Tatoeba · #292835

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, thinker is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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