Usually means: Master of multiple specialized knowledge areas.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word POLYMATH:

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  1. polymath: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. polymath: Merriam-Webster
  3. polymath: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. polymath: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. polymath: Collins English Dictionary
  6. polymath: Vocabulary.com
  7. Polymath, polymath: Wordnik
  8. polymath: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. polymath: Wiktionary
  10. polymath: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. polymath: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. polymath: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. polymath: Dictionary.com
  14. polymath: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Polymath (disambiguation), Polymath: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. polymath: Rhymezone
  17. polymath: Grandiloquent Dictionary
  18. polymath: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. polymath: FreeDictionary.org
  20. polymath: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. polymath: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. polymath: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. polymath, polymath: A Word A Day
  2. polymath: Wordcraft Dictionary

(Note: See polymathic as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (polymath)

▸ noun:  A person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge.

Similar:
Renaissance man, polyhistor, supergeneralist, Renaissance woman, omniglot, cognoscente, idiot savant, past master, virtuoso, public intellectual, more...

Opposite:
monomath, specialist, expert, narrow-minded

Types:
Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardo Fibonacci, Leonardo Bonci, Leonardo da Pisa, more...

Phrases:
Polymath Project, more...

Adjectives:
great, true, century, brilliant, remarkable, victorian, german, famous, french, english, extraordinary
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Similar:
Renaissance man, polyhistor, supergeneralist, Renaissance woman, omniglot, cognoscente, idiot savant, past master, virtuoso, public intellectual, more...

Opposite:
monomath, specialist, expert, narrow-minded

Types:
Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardo Fibonacci, Leonardo Bonci, Leonardo da Pisa, more...

Phrases:
Polymath Project, more...

Adjectives:
great, true, century, brilliant, remarkable, victorian, german, famous, french, english, extraordinary



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