| Definition: |
\Sa`vant"\, n.; pl. Savants (F. ?; E. ?). [F., fr. savoir to know, L. sapere. See Sage, a.] A man of learning; one versed in literature or science; a person eminent for acquirements |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, advanced, aesthetic, appreciative, au courant, blue-stocking, chivalrous, civilized, courteous, cultivated, distingue, educated, elegant, enlightened, erudite, gallant, genteel, high-class, highbrow, informed, intellectual, intelligent, knowledgeable, lettered, liberal, literary, literate, mannerly, polished, polite, refined, scholarly, sensitive, sophisticated, tasteful, tolerant, traveled, understanding, up-to-date, urbane, versed |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, primitive, regressive, uncultured, uneducated, unsophisticated |
| Concept: | stylishness |