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polymath

/ˈpɒlimæθ/noun

उच्चारण पॉलिमैथ

बहुविज्ञ, बहुमुखी विद्वान

Advanced wordPYP · asked 1 time

Asked in previous papers

as one-word substitution

SSC CGL Pre 2025
noun
  1. 1

    [C] formal

    a person who knows a lot about many different subjects

    बहुविज्ञ, बहुमुखी विद्वान

    • Rabindranath Tagore was a polymath.
    • Her grandfather, a true polymath, could discuss poetry, medicine and astronomy with equal ease.
    • Leonardo da Vinci is often described as the greatest polymath in history.
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    • The professor was a polymath who wrote on music, law and mathematics.
    • Few people today can be called a polymath because knowledge has become so vast.

    Synonyms Renaissance man all-rounder scholar savant genius

    Opposite specialist ignoramus

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≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

Renaissance man all-rounder scholar savant genius

Antonyms

specialist ignoramus

AaSpelling

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One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked often: a person with knowledge of many subjects is a polymath or Renaissance man; one who knows everything (or claims to) a know-all or omniscient; one with deep knowledge a savant or erudite scholar.

अक्सर पूछा जाता है: अनेक विषयों का ज्ञानी polymath या Renaissance man; सब कुछ जानने वाला (या दावा करने वाला) know-all या omniscient; गहरे ज्ञान वाला savant या erudite scholar।

General knowledge

Leonardo da Vinci (painter, scientist, inventor) and Rabindranath Tagore (poet, painter, musician, educator) are famous polymaths.

Leonardo da Vinci (चित्रकार, वैज्ञानिक, आविष्कारक) और रवींद्रनाथ टैगोर (कवि, चित्रकार, संगीतकार, शिक्षाविद) प्रसिद्ध बहुविज्ञ हैं।