Word.ws English Dictionary

encyclopedian

encyclopedian adjective: encyclopedic; embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects.

Adjective

encyclopedian (not comparable)

  1. Encyclopedic; embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects.

Noun

encyclopedian (plural encyclopedians)

  1. A person who has an encyclopedic knowledge.
    • This is how Alzheimer's transforms encyclopedians into vegetables, how Parkinson's immobilizes triatheletes.2012, Rob Benvie, Maintenance

Synonyms of encyclopedian

Forms of encyclopedian

Adjective
alternative Commonwealthencyclopaedian
alternative form (dated)encyclopædian
Noun
pluralencyclopedians

Origin of encyclopedian

From encyclopedia + -an.

Questions about encyclopedian

What does encyclopedian mean?
Encyclopedian means encyclopedic; embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects.
What part of speech is encyclopedian?
Encyclopedian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near encyclopedian in the dictionary

  1. encyclopediac
  2. encyclopediacal
  3. encyclopediae
  4. encyclopedial
  5. encyclopedialike
  6. encyclopedian
  7. encyclopedians
  8. encyclopedias
  9. encyclopediast
  10. encyclopediasts
  11. encyclopediatic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: encyclopedian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “encyclopedian.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/encyclopedian. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.