SAVANT Synonyms

• the power or right to give orders or make decisions

• (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others

• an expert whose views are taken as definitive

• freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities

• an administrative unit of government

• official permission or approval

• an authoritative written work

• someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

• a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully

• having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

• of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood

• someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

• unusual mental ability

• someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

• exceptional creative ability

• a natural talent

• 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

• someone who creates new things

• someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

• plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

• an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration

• a sign of something about to happen

• an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality

• 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 is dazzlingly skilled in any field

• a musician who is a consummate master of technique and artistry

• having or revealing supreme mastery or skill

• person who is mentally retarded in general but who displays remarkable aptitude in some limited field (usually involving memory)

• someone new to a field or activity

• someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field

• people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity

• bring into being

• take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of

• accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite

• bring up a topic for discussion

• set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for

• someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field