PUNDIT

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does pundit mean? 

• PUNDIT (noun)
  The noun PUNDIT has 1 sense:

1. someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field

  Familiarity information: PUNDIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUNDIT (noun)

Meaning:

Someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

learned person; pundit; savant; initiate

Hypernyms ("pundit" is a kind of...):

bookman; scholar; scholarly person; student (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pundit"):

polymath (a person of great and varied learning)