scholar
noun
Simple meaning
A student; one who studies at school or college.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
skahlerSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈskɑlɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.
A learned person; a bookman.
A learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.
singapore
Someone who received a prestigious scholarship.
Singapore
Someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.
Used this way, scholar is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in education or classroom contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Education/classroom
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use scholar
- “The dedicated scholar spent years researching ancient civilizations and history.”
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