HyperDic: savant

English > 1 sense of the word *savant*:
NOUN	person	savant, initiate, learned person, pundit	someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field

savant > pronunciation
Sounds	sahvaa'nt
Rhymes	beachfront ... want: 17 rhymes with aant...

English > *savant*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field.
Synonyms	initiate, learned person, pundit
Narrower	polymath	A person of great and varied learning
Broader	scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student	A learned person (especially in the humanities)
Spanish	erudito, pandit, sabio
Catalan	erudit, savi