WILLIAM STANLEY JEVONS Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the phrase william stanley jevons. (close relations)
Definition of WILLIAM STANLEY JEVONS
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Best Alternative Words for WILLIAM STANLEY JEVONS
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academic | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • associated with academia or an academy noun • an educator who works at a college or university adjective satellite • hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result • marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects | ||||||||
author | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) • someone who originates or causes or initiates something verb • be the author of | ||||||||
economist | nounn | |||||||
noun • an expert in the science of economics | ||||||||
logician | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person skilled at logic | ||||||||
mathematician | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person skilled in mathematics | ||||||||
philosopher | nounn | |||||||
noun • a specialist in philosophy • a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity | ||||||||
scholar | nounn | |||||||
noun • 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 | ||||||||
theorist | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) | ||||||||
thinker | nounn | |||||||
noun • an important intellectual • someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision) | ||||||||
writer | nounn | |||||||
noun • writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) • a person who is able to write and has written something | ||||||||
jevons | nounn | |||||||
noun • English economist and logician who contributed to the development of the theory of marginal utility (1835-1882) |