English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English thinkere, equivalent to think + -er. Compare West Frisian tinker (“thinker”), Dutch denker (“thinker”), German Denker (“thinker”), Danish tænker (“thinker”), Swedish tänkare (“thinker”).
Pronunciation[edit]
thinker (plural thinkers)
- One who spends time thinking, contemplating or meditating.
- An intellectual, such as a philosopher or theologian.
- (slang) The brain; the mind.
2011, Arthur Kornhaber, Rosie's Miracle: A Novel, page 271:"Well, I tried to do like you and grandfather say; don't use my thinker, use imagination."
- (slang) A poser; a conundrum that requires some thinking.
- 1997, "How to Fire a Rifle Without Really Trying" (King of the Hill TV series, season 2 episode 1)
- HANK: The NRA is a Washington D.C. based organization. Are you telling me you support Washington D.C.?
DALE: That's a thinker.
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Collocations
- Adjectives often applied to "thinker": creative, deep, critical, great, strategic, original, political, clear, social, brilliant, logical, liberal, conservative, influential, lateral, radical, religious, profound, abstract.
Translations[edit]
one who spends time thinking
- Arabic: مُفَكِّر (ar) m (mufakkir)
- Armenian: մտածող (hy) (mtacoġ)
- Azerbaijani: mütəfəkkir
- Belarusian: мыслі́цель m (myslícjelʹ), мыслі́целька f (myslícjelʹka), мысьлі́цель m (mysʹlícjelʹ), мысьлі́целька f (mysʹlícjelʹka), мысля́р m (mysljár), мысля́рка f (mysljárka), мысьля́р m (mysʹljár), мысьля́рка f (mysʹljárka)
- Bulgarian: мисли́тел (bg) m (mislítel), мисли́телка f (mislítelka)
- Catalan: pensador (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 思想者 (sīxiǎngzhě)
- Czech: myslitel (cs) m, myslitelka f
- Danish: tænker (da) c
- Dutch: denker (nl) m
- Finnish: ajattelija (fi)
- French: penseur (fr) m, penseuse (fr) f
- Galician: pensador (gl) m, pensadora f
- Georgian: მოფიქრალი (mopikrali), მოაზროვნე (moazrovne)
- German: Denker (de) m, Denkerin (de) f
- Hebrew: אָדָם חוֹשֵׁב m (adám khoshév)
- Hungarian: gondolkodó (hu)
- Indonesian: pemikir (id)
- Italian: pensatore (it) m, pensatrice (it) f
- Japanese: 思想家 (ja) (しそうか, shisōka)
- Korean: 사상가(思想家) (ko) (sasangga)
- Macedonian: мислител m (mislitel), мислителка f (mislitelka)
- Marathi: विचारक m (vicārak)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: tenker (no) m
- Nynorsk: tenkar m, tenkjar m
- Polish: myśliciel (pl) m, myślicielka f
- Portuguese: pensador m, pensadora f
- Russian: мысли́тель (ru) m (myslítelʹ), мысли́тельница (ru) f (myslítelʹnica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: мѝслилац m, мѝслитељ m
- Roman: mìslilac (sh) m, mìslitelj (sh) m
- Slovak: mysliteľ m, mysliteľka f
- Slovene: mislec m
- Spanish: pensador (es) m, pensadora (es) f
- Swedish: tänkare (sv) c
- Tocharian B: pälskauca
- Ukrainian: мисли́тель m (myslýtelʹ), мисли́телька f (myslýtelʹka)
- Uzbek: fikrlovchi (uz)
- Yiddish: דענקער m (denker)
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intellectual
- Arabic: مُفَكِّر (ar) m (mufakkir)
- Armenian: մտածող (hy) (mtacoġ)
- Azerbaijani: mütəfəkkir
- Belarusian: мыслі́цель m (myslícjelʹ), мыслі́целька f (myslícjelʹka), мысьлі́цель m (mysʹlícjelʹ), мысьлі́целька f (mysʹlícjelʹka), мысля́р m (mysljár), мысля́рка f (mysljárka), мысьля́р m (mysʹljár), мысьля́рка f (mysʹljárka)
- Bulgarian: мисли́тел (bg) m (mislítel), мисли́телка f (mislítelka)
- Catalan: pensador (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 思想家 (zh) (sīxiǎngjiā)
- Czech: myslitel (cs) m, myslitelka f
- Danish: tænker (da) c
- Dutch: denker (nl) m, intellectueel (nl) m or f
- Estonian: mõtleja
- Finnish: ajattelija (fi), intellektuelli (fi)
- French: penseur (fr) m, penseuse (fr) f, intellectuel (fr) m, intellectuelle (fr) f
- Georgian: მოაზროვნე (moazrovne), ინტელექტუალი (inṭelekṭuali)
- German: Denker (de) m, Denkerin (de) f
- Hindi: विचारक (hi) m (vicārak)
- Icelandic: hugsuður m
- Italian: pensatore (it) m, pensatrice (it) f, intellettuale (it) m or f
- Japanese: 思想家 (ja) (しそうか, shisōka)
- Kazakh: ойлаушы (kk) (oilauşy), ойшыл (kk) (oişyl)
- Khmer: ចិន្តបណ្ឌិត (centaʼbɑndɨt)
- Korean: 사상가(思想家) (ko) (sasangga)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: ramanvan (ku) m or f, mifekir m or f
- Kyrgyz: ойчул (ky) (oycul)
- Lao: ນັກຄິດ (nak khit)
- Latvian: domātājs m
- Lithuanian: mąstytojas (lt) m
- Macedonian: мислител m (mislitel), мислителка f (mislitelka)
- Marathi: विचारवंत m (vicārvanta)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: tenker (no) m
- Nynorsk: tenkar m, tenkjar m
- Pashto: متفکر m (motafaker), مفکر m (mofaker)
- Persian: متفکر (fa) (motafakker), اندیشمند (fa) (andišmand), مفکر (fa) (mofakker)
- Polish: myśliciel (pl) m, myślicielka f, intelektualista (pl) m, intelektualistka (pl) f
- Portuguese: intelectual (pt) m or f, pensador m, pensadora f
- Romanian: intelectual (ro) m, intelectuală (ro) f, gânditor (ro) m, gânditoare (ro) f
- Russian: мысли́тель (ru) m (myslítelʹ), мысли́тельница (ru) f (myslítelʹnica), интеллектуа́л (ru) m (intellektuál), интеллектуа́лка (ru) f (intellektuálka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: мѝслилац m, мѝслитељ m
- Roman: mìslilac (sh) m, mìslitelj (sh) m
- Slovak: mysliteľ m, mysliteľka f
- Slovene: mislec m
- Spanish: pensador (es) m, pensadora (es) f
- Swedish: tänkare (sv) c
- Tagalog: palaisip
- Tajik: мутафаккир (mutafakkir)
- Thai: นักคิด (nák-kít)
- Tocharian B: pälskauca
- Turkish: düşünür (tr), düşünücü (tr), mütefekkir (tr)
- Ukrainian: мисли́тель m (myslýtelʹ), мисли́телька f (myslýtelʹka)
- Uyghur: مۇتەپەككۇر (mutepekkur)
- Uzbek: mutafakkir (uz)
- Vietnamese: nhà tư tưởng (vi)
- Yiddish: דענקער m (denker)
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