thinker
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thinker
- /ˈθɪŋ.kə/ UK
- [ˈθɪŋ.kə] UK
- /ˈθɪŋ.kɚ/ US
- [ˈθɪŋ.kɚ] ~ [ˈθɪŋ.kɹ̩] US
Sounds like tinker (th-stopping) · Rhymes with -ɪŋkə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English thinkere, equivalent to think + -er. Compare West Frisian tinker (“thinker”), Dutch denker (“thinker”), German Denker (“thinker”), Danish tænker (“thinker”), Swedish tänkare (“thinker”).
noun thinkers
- One who spends time thinking, contemplating or meditating. The doer and the thinker No allowance for the other.
- An intellectual, such as a philosopher or theologian. From his studies of these thinkers and activists, Mr. Obama took what he called the “Niebuhrian” lesson that we can have “a cleareyed view of the world and the realities of cruelty and sin and greed and violence, and yet, still maintain a sense of hope and possibility, as an act of will and leap of
- The brain; the mind. "Well, I tried to do like you and grandfather say; don't use my thinker, use imagination."
- A poser; a conundrum that requires some thinking. HANK: The NRA is a Washington D.C. based organization. Are you telling me you support Washington D.C.? DALE: That's a thinker.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: mind, surmiser, intellectual, muse, theorist, theoretician, philosopher, imager, pensamiento, scholar, analyst, logician, brain, savant, visionary, strategist
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noun one who spends time thinking
| Español | pensador, pensadora |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사상가 sasangga |
| 日本語 | 思想家 shisōka |
| 中文 | 思想者 sīxiǎngzhě |
| Kiswahili | mfikiriaji |
| Português | pensador, pensadora |
| Français | penseur, penseuse |
| Deutsch | Denker, Denkerin |
| Italiano | pensatore, pensatrice |
| Русский | мысли́тель myslítelʹ, мысли́тельница myslítelʹnica |
| العربية | مُفَكِّر mufakkir |
| עברית | אָדָם חוֹשֵׁב adám khoshév |
noun intellectual
| Español | pensador, pensadora |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사상가 sasangga |
| 日本語 | 思想家 shisōka |
| 中文 | 思想家 sīxiǎngjiā |
| हिन्दी | विचारक vicārak |
| Kiswahili | mfikiriaji |
| Português | intelectual, pensador, pensadora |
| Français | penseur, penseuse, intellectuel, intellectuelle |
| Deutsch | Denker, Denkerin |
| Italiano | pensatore, pensatrice, intellettuale |
| Română | intelectual, intelectuală, gânditor, gânditoare |
| Русский | мысли́тель myslítelʹ, мысли́тельница myslítelʹnica, интеллектуа́л intellektuál, интеллектуа́лка intellektuálka |
| Tiếng Việt | nhà tư tưởng |
| العربية | مُفَكِّر mufakkir |
Talk about this word "thinker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/thinker. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. thinker. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/thinker "thinker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/thinker.Cite this
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title = {thinker},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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