scholar

1. 1.

   a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

   Synonymsscholarly personbookmanstudent

   Broaderintellectual

   NarroweracademicianalumnusArabistbibliographerbibliophileCabalistdoctorgoliardhistorianhumanist
2. 2.

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

   Synonymslearnerassimilator

   Broaderperson

   Narrowermemorizerquick studyswottutee
3. 3.

   a student who holds a scholarship

   Broaderstudent

   NarrowerRhodes scholar

Other forms of scholar

plural

scholars·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about scholar

What does scholar mean?

scholar means "a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scholar?

scholar has 2 syllables: scho-lar. The stress falls on "scho". In IPA it is /ˈskɑlɚ/.

What is another word for scholar?

Close synonyms include scholarly person, bookman, student, learner, assimilator. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scholar a common word?

scholar is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.