PHILOSOPHES Synonyms

• an advocate of some ideology

• appealing to or using the intellect

• involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct

• a person who uses the mind creatively

• of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind

• a specialist in philosophy

• a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity

• of or relating to or characteristic of rationalism

• someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes

• a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom

• aromatic fresh or dried grey-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc

• any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb

• having wisdom that comes with age and experience

• of the grey-green color of sage leaves

• a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

• someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

• a student who holds a scholarship

• someone who theorizes (especially in science or art)

• an important intellectual

• someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision)

• a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible

• a person with unusual powers of foresight

• not practical or realizable; speculative

• (New Testament) the sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born; the Gospel According to Matthew says they were guided by a star and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh; because there were three gifts it is usually assumed that there were three of them