savant
/ˈsæv.ənt/US/sæˈvɑnt/
savant noun: a person of learning, especially one who is versed in literature or science.
Noun
savant (plural savants)
- A person of learning, especially one who is versed in literature or science.
- A person who is considered eminent because of their achievements.
- A person with or without significant mental disabilities who is very gifted in one area of activity, such as playing the piano or mental arithmetic.
- Synonyms:
- idiot savant
Proper noun capitalized: Savant
Savant (plural Savants)
- A surname.
savant meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
savant in Urdu
- عالم, دانا, دانش مند
savant in Bengali
- মহাপণ্ডিত, বিশেষজ্ঞ
savant in Malayalam
- sage, intellectual, scholar
- പണ്ഡിതൻ, അപാരപണ്ഡിതൻ, വിദ്യാകരൻ, വിദ്വാൻ, അറിവാളി, അക്ഷരമുഖൻ
savant in Kannada
- ವಿದ್ವಾಂಸ, ಪಂಡಿತ, ಮೇಧಾವಿ, ಜ್ಞಾನಿ, ಕೋವಿದ, ಪಾರಂಗತ
More languagesFewer languages
- savant in Arabic
- عَالِم ʕālim
- savant in Vietnamese
- học giả
Synonyms of savant
Forms of savant
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | savants |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Savants |
Origin of savant
Borrowed from French savant, from Latin sapiō. Doublet of sapient. Sense 3 is a clipping of idiot savant, literally ‘wise idiot’.
Words formed from savant
Questions about savant
- What does savant mean?
- Savant means a person of learning, especially one who is versed in literature or science.
- What is savant in Urdu?
- Savant in Urdu is عالم, دانا, دانش مند. See Savant meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is savant?
- Savant can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce savant?
- Savant is pronounced /sæˈvɑnt/ (US).
- What is the plural of savant?
- The plural of savant is savants.
Words near savant in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: savant (page history and authors); Savant (page history and authors); savant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); savant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); savant (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); savant (Kannada Wiktionary) (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.
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