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- [thing-ker]
- /ˈθɪŋ kər/
- /ˈθɪŋ.kər/
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- [thing-ker]
- /ˈθɪŋ kər/
Definitions of thinker word
- noun thinker French Le Penseur. a bronze statue (1879–89) by Rodin. 1
- noun thinker philosopher 1
- noun thinker intellectual person 1
- noun thinker sb who thinks 1
- countable noun thinker A thinker is a person who spends a lot of time thinking deeply about important things, especially someone who is famous for thinking of new or interesting ideas. 0
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Origin of thinker
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
First recorded in 1400-50, thinker is from the late Middle English word thenkare. See think1, -er1
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Parts of speech for Thinker
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
thinker popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
thinker usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for thinker
noun thinker
- academician — An academician is a member of an academy, usually one which has been formed to improve or maintain standards in a particular field.
- apperception — the attainment of full awareness of a sensation or idea
- avantgarde — the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
- bluestocking — A bluestocking is an intellectual woman.
- capitula — Biology. any globose or knoblike part, as a flower head or the head of a bone.
Antonyms for thinker
noun thinker
- doer — a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
Top questions with thinker
- where is the thinker?
- where is the thinker located?
- what is a critical thinker?
- what is a free thinker?
- which enlightenment thinker wrote about the general will?
- who created the thinker?
- what type of thinker am i?
- what does it mean to be a critical thinker?
- how to be a critical thinker?
- how to become a critical thinker?
- what kind of thinker are you?
- who made the thinker?
- who sculpted the thinker?
- how to become a deep thinker?
- how to be a positive thinker?
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