thinker

English

Etymology

think +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪŋkə(r)

Noun

thinker (plural thinkers)

1. One who spends time thinking, contemplating or meditating
2. An intellectual, such as a philosopher or theologian

Usage notes

• 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

one who spends time thinking

• Finnish: ajattelija (fi)
• Hungarian: gondolkodó (hu)
• Portuguese: pensador (pt) m, pensadora (pt) f

• Russian: мыслитель (ru) (myslítelʹ) m 
• Spanish: pensador (es) m, pensadora (es) f

intellectual

• Arabic: مفكر (ar) (mufakkir) m
• Czech: myslitel (cs) m
• Dutch: denker (nl) m, intellectueel
• Finnish: ajattelija (fi), intellektuelli (fi)
• French: intellectuel
• German: Denker (de) m

• Portuguese: intelectual
• Romanian: intelectual
• Russian: мыслитель (ru) (myslítelʹ) m , интеллектуал (ru) (intellektuál) m 
• Spanish: pensador (es) m
• Swedish: tänkare

Anagrams

• rethink