Synonyms of the word

savant

• n. A person of learning, especially one who is versed in literature or science.
• n. A person who is considered eminent because of their achievements.

bookman

• n. (Old English Law) One who held bookland.
• n. A studious or learned man; a scholar; a student; one who is more familiar with books than with people…
• n. One who sells or publishes books; a bookseller.

initiate

• adj. (obsolete) Unpractised; untried; new.
• adj. (obsolete) Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.
• n. A new member of an organization.
• n. One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
• v. (transitive) To begin; to start.
• v. To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
• v. To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
• v. (intransitive) To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.

pundit

• n. A self-professed expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion…
• n. A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar.
• n. (historical) A native surveyor in British India, trained to carry out clandestine surveillance beyond…

scholar

• n. A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.
• n. A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.
• n. A learned person; a bookman.

student

• n. A person who studies or learns about a particular academic subject.
• n. (figuratively) A person seriously devoted to some subject, whether academic or not.
• n. A person enrolled at a university.
• n. (chiefly Canada, US) A schoolchild.