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Definition of thinker noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

thinker

noun
 
/ˈθɪŋkə(r)/
 
/ˈθɪŋkər/
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  1. a person who thinks seriously, and often writes about important things, such as philosophy or science
    • Einstein was one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century.
    Extra Examples
    • a leading thinker on constitutional law
    • He's a radical social thinker and historian.
    • Marxist thinkers tend to disagree with this analysis.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • brilliant
    • great
    • influential
    preposition
    • thinker on
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  2. a person who thinks in a particular way
    • a clear thinker
    Extra Examples
    • I'm not really a creative thinker.
    • Reynolds was a cold and calculating thinker.
    • She was not a deep thinker.
    • The company needs more original thinkers.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • brilliant
    • great
    • influential
    preposition
    • thinker on
    See full entry
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