thinker

[ thing-ker ]

noun

1. a person who thinks, think, as in a specified way or manner:

   a slow thinker.

2. a person who has a well-developed faculty for thinking, think, as a philosopher, theorist, or scholar:

   the great thinkers.

Other Words From

• non·thinker noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of thinker¹

First recorded in 1400–50, thinker is from the late Middle English word thenkare. See think ¹, -er ¹

Example Sentences

Among writers and thinkers operating at the intersection of economics and public policy, few today are respected as Robert Reich.

From Fortune

I met brilliant thinkers and people so spun out they could hardly form a sentence.

From Voice of San Diego

Quartz Africa pulled together a panel of three of the foremost thinkers on China-Africa relations particularly when it comes economics, finance, development and trade to help our readers see beyond the headlines, bluster and speculation.

From Quartz

That was a strong line these last 10, 15 years of some good thinkers.

From Nautilus

It’s a remarkable turnabout for Dalio, 71, who has long prided himself on being a big thinker on the world economy, management and more.

From Fortune

In other words, the free thinker defending freedom of thought.

From The Daily Beast

You were judged as a thinker by the way you lived before others.

From The Daily Beast

Although he was a wide-ranging thinker, two of his themes had a particular influence.

From The Daily Beast

What got Herndon in even more trouble with his biography was claiming that Lincoln was a free-thinker and certainly no Christian.

From The Daily Beast

Petersen was a convener of people, known on multiple continents as a careful thinker, dynamic speaker, and dapper dresser.

From The Daily Beast

It was the face of a deep thinker, a man who had, perhaps, passed through much trouble.

From Project Gutenberg

My uncle was a quick thinker, and I can see how, knowing he must die, he did all he could to assist justice.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus Anaximander, an original but vague thinker, prepared the way for Pythagoras.

From Project Gutenberg

Direct inheritance of acquired peculiarities no scientific thinker now admits.

From Project Gutenberg

He was an observer of human nature and events, a traveler, a thinker, a student of the drama of all ages.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• brain
• philosopher