Associations to the word «Savant»

Wiktionary

SAVANT, noun. A person of learning; one who is versed in literature or science.
SAVANT, noun. A person eminent for acquirements.

Dictionary definition

SAVANT, noun. Someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky