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How to pronounce savant in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms initiate, learned person, pundit
Type of bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student
Has types polymath

Examples of savant

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Let's accept that for what it is, but not pretend that he's some sort of savant.
From the forbes.com
He called Weisberg a Rain Man-like savant with a miraculous ability to make book.
From the theatlantic.com
As long as property values were going up, Adams looked like a real estate savant.
From the heraldtribune.com
Daniel Tammet, 33, is a high-functioning autistic savant with a gift for maths.
From the metro.co.uk
Maybe Ireland is a football savant whose advice wasn't followed by Bill Parcells.
From the bostonherald.com
The kid tries to fold his arms across his chest like a Jedi savant, and misses.
From the sacbee.com
But his success meant that life imitated art, and he emerged as a business savant.
From the economist.com
However another link, between savant syndrome and autism, is well established.
From the economist.com
He was treated like an infant, even though when it comes to hitting, he's a savant.
From the denverpost.com
More examples
  • Initiate: someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
  • For Wildstorm's character of the same name, see Savant (Wildstorm).
  • Savant is a comic book fictional character from DC Comics/Wildstorm.
  • A person of learning; one who is versed in literature or science; A person eminent for acquirements
  • A savantis is an individual with specialized cognitive ability beyond the normal range. It is observed occasionally in individuals with developmental disorders such as autism, where an individual may excel in art, language, mathematics, memory, music etc.
  • Is a software technology that acts as the central nervous system of the EPCglobal Network. Savant manages and moves information in a way that does not overload existing corporate and public networks.
  • A person who is intellectually disabled but shows some striking mental ability, such as being able to mentally compute complex mathematical problems
  • A learned person; eminent scholar.
  • Person of great learning