All sophist synonyms

noun sophist

• logician — a person who is skilled in logic.
• apologist — An apologist is a person who writes or speaks in defence of a belief, a cause, or a person's life.
• hypocrite — a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
• casuist — a person, esp a theologian, who attempts to resolve moral dilemmas by the application of general rules and the careful distinction of special cases
• masquerader — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
• dissembler — to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of: to dissemble one's incompetence in business.
• four-flusher — a person who makes false or pretentious claims; bluffer.
• dissimulator — One who dissimulates.
• know it all — a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
• doctrinaire — a person who tries to apply some doctrine or theory without sufficient regard for practical considerations; an impractical theorist.
• attitudinizer — One who attitudinizes, or practises poses.
• backslider — A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
• devil's advocate — If you play devil's advocate in a discussion or debate, you express an opinion which you may not agree with but which is very different to what other people have been saying, in order to make the argument more interesting.
• fourflusher — a person who makes false or pretentious claims; bluffer.
• intellectualist — devotion to intellectual pursuits.