sophist
sophist is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Hence, an impostor in argument; a captious or fallacious reasoner.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abroad
- academician
- academist
- actor
- admirable
- adventurer
- and
- antiquarian
- antiquary
- archaeologist
- ass
- bibliomaniac
- bibliophile
- bidder
- bigwig
- bluestocking
- bookworm
- bungler
- bunko
- capper
- carpetbagger
- charlatan
- cheat
- clerk
- clothing
- cockatrice
- conjuror
- connoisseur
- crimp
- deceive
- deceiver
- decoy
- devil
- dissembler
- doctor
- doctrinaire
- don
- duck
- education
- empiric
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is sophist.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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