Defenition of the word sophist
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Defenition of the word sophist
- someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious
- any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects
Synonyms for the word sophist
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- casuist
- doctrinaire
- hair-splitter
- nit-picker
- obfuscator
- obscurantist
- scholar
- theoretician
Similar words in the sophist
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- sophist
- sophist's
- sophisticate
- sophisticated
- sophisticates
- sophisticating
- sophistication
- sophistication's
- sophistry
- sophistry's
- sophists
Hypernyms for the word sophist
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- philosopher
- ratiocinator
- reasoner
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