7
connoisseur(noun, law, authority, judge, expert)
7
mentee(noun, pupil)
7
thinker(noun, authority, expert, intellectual, sage)
6
teacher(noun, person, learning, savant)
6
genius(noun, intellectual, brain, sage, academic)
6
mastermind(noun, intellectual, sage, philosopher, theorist)
6
specialist(noun, law, person, authority, judge)
5
egghead(noun, law, person, judge, intellect)
5
assimilator
5
maven
5
academician(noun, intellectual, sage, academic, instructor)
5
bookworm(noun, person, authority, expert, intellectual)
5
critic(noun, person, learning)
5
guru(noun, law, authority, judge, expert)
5
highbrow(noun, intellectual, brain, sage, academic)
5
master(noun, sage)
5
trainee(noun, learner)
4
schoolgirl
4
amateur
4
analyst(noun, person, search, first)
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