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 Word Forms

• nonthinker 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

Many restaurants claim to serve up art, but few deliver like Esmé, where collaboration with others underscores their status as true visionary thinkers.

From Salon

Turning Point USA, founded by the late Charlie Kirk, has attracted the entertaining activist types, while the more staid National Conservatism Conference brings together the more serious thinkers.

From Salon

Turning Point USA, founded by the late Charlie Kirk, has attracted the fun, entertaining activist types, while the more staid National Conservatism Conference brings together the more serious thinkers.

From Salon

He was a ruminative thinker, and often brought a book as a gift when he visited someone.

From Los Angeles Times

How we get to that point is complicated, both because the book is a murder mystery and because its author was one of the foremost thinkers in the field of semiotics.

From Salon

Related Words

• brain 
• philosopher