| scholar(noun, person, authority, wise, expert) |
| pundit(noun, person, authority, wise, expert) |
| sage(noun, person, authority, wise, expert) |
| authority(noun, expert, sage, genius, whiz) |
| expert(noun, authority, intellectual, sage, genius) |
| philosopher(noun, authority, expert, intellectual, sage) |
| intellectual(noun, adjective, authority, expert, experienced) |
| genius(noun, authority, expert, intellectual, sage) |
| learned person(noun, expression, idiom, mentor, academic) |
| professor(noun, person, sage, scholar) |
| doctor(noun, authority, expert, sage, genius) |
| maven(noun, authority, expert, genius, whiz) |
| connoisseur(noun, authority, expert, genius, whiz) |
| master(noun, person, female, expert, intellectual) |
| scientist(noun, authority, expert, genius, doctor) |
| pro |
| guru(noun, authority, expert, sage, whiz) |
| thinker(noun, authority, expert, intellectual, brain) |
| academic(noun, adjective, intellectual, brain, sage) |
| brain(noun, informal, expert, intellectual, principal) |