dons
noun
a university teacher, especially a senior member of a college at Oxford or Cambridge.
university teacher,(university) lecturer,fellow,professor,reader,lector,college tutor,academic,scholar,egghead,senior common room
noun
a university teacher, especially a senior member of a college at Oxford or Cambridge.
university teacher,(university) lecturer,fellow,professor,reader,lector,college tutor,academic,scholar,egghead,senior common room
adjective
resembling a college don, particularly because of having a pedantic, scholarly manner.
scholarly,studious,academic,scholastic,bookish,book-loving,intellectual,erudite,educated,learned,serious,earnest,thoughtful,cerebral,highbrow,pedantic,impractical,ivory-towerish,brainy,egghead,swotty,lettered,clerkly
noun
a university teacher, especially a senior member of a college at Oxford or Cambridge.
university teacher,(university) lecturer,fellow,professor,reader,lector,college tutor,academic,scholar,egghead,senior common room
adjective
(of a person or way of life) devoted to reading and studying.
a bookish, untidy boy
studious,scholarly,academic,literary,intellectual,highbrow,erudite,learned,well read,widely read,educated,well educated,well informed,knowledgeable,cultured,accomplished,pedantic,pedagogical,donnish,bluestocking,cerebral,serious,earnest,thoughtful,impractical,ivory-towerish,brainy,egghead,lettered,clerkly
noun
a person engaged in scientific or technical research.
the boffins at the Telecommunications Research Establishment
expert,specialist,authority,genius,mastermind,scientist,technician,researcher,inventor,egghead,brains,Einstein,whizz,wizard,alpha geek,brainbox,clever clogs,maven,rocket scientist,brainiac
noun
a person engaged in scientific or technical research.
the boffins at the Telecommunications Research Establishment
expert,specialist,authority,genius,mastermind,scientist,technician,researcher,inventor,egghead,brains,Einstein,whizz,wizard,alpha geek,brainbox,clever clogs,maven,rocket scientist,brainiac
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