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thinker

[thing-ker]

noun

  1. a person who thinks, think, as in a specified way or manner.

    a slow thinker.

  2. a person who has a well-developed faculty for thinking, think, as a philosopher, theorist, or scholar.

    the great thinkers.



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Other Word Forms

  • nonthinker noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of thinker1

First recorded in 1400–50, thinker is from the late Middle English word thenkare. See think 1, -er 1
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"Blaise is a highly accomplished intelligence officer and leader, and one of our foremost thinkers on technology," he said.

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And then this accumulating research into compositional language increasingly supports the idea that many animals are complex, sensitive and flexible thinkers.

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There is a growing view among some thinkers that as AI becomes even more intelligent, the lights will suddenly turn on inside the machines and they will become conscious.

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's more, he points out, the city has a long humanist tradition; when other cities in medieval Europe were cracking down on free thinkers, Basel welcomed them.

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In reality, Smith was first and foremost a philosopher, and someone you might even call a spiritual thinker.

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