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Showing words for SOPHIST using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Sophist

sophist

6 Letter Words for Sophist

hoists, phosis, pithos, posits, ptosis, sophis, sothis, stipos

5 Letter Words for Sophist

hists, hoist, hopis, hosts, phoss, phots, pisos, piths, posit, posts, ships, shipt, shist, shits, shops, shots, sophi, sophs, soths, spits, sposh, spots, stipo, stops, stosh, tophi, tophs

4 Letter Words for Sophist

hips, hipt, hiss, hist, hits, hoit, hopi, hops, hosp, hoss, host, hoti, hots, ipso, isos, isth, opts, otis, phis, phit, phos, phot, pish, piso, piss, pist, pith, pits, pohs, pois, posh, poss, post, poti, pots, psis, psst, psts, ship, shit, shop, shot, shpt, sips, sish, sist, sith, sits, soph, sops, sosh, soth, sots, spit, spot, stop, thio, this, thos, tips, toph, topi, tops, tosh, toss, tshi

3 Letter Words for Sophist

hip, his, hit, hoi, hop, hos, hot, hts, ihp, ihs, ios, iph, ipo, ips, ish, iso, ist, its, ohs, ois, ops, opt, osi, phi, pho, pht, pis, pit, poh, poi, pos, pot, psi, pst, pts, shi, sho, shp, sht, sip, sis, sit, sop, sot, sps, spt, ssh, ssp, tho, tip, tis, toi, top, tos, tph, tpi, tps, tsh, tsi, tsp, tss

Definitions for Sophist

[1] (often initial capital letter ) Greek History . any of a class of professional teachers in ancient Greece who gave instruction in various fields, as in general culture, rhetoric, politics, or disputation. a person belonging to this class at a later period who, while professing to teach skill in reasoning, concerned himself with ingenuity and specious effectiveness rather than soundness of argument.
[2] a person who reasons adroitly and speciously rather than soundly.
[3] a philosopher.
[4] (often capital) one of the pre-Socratic philosophers who were itinerant professional teachers of oratory and argument and who were prepared to enter into debate on any matter however specious
[5] a person who uses clever or quibbling arguments that are fundamentally unsound

Words related to Sophist

theorist, brain, philosopher, bigot, trickster, impostor, phony, crook, charlatan, logician, sage, savant, syllogist, pedant, know-it-all, scholar, cheat, faker, fake, decoy

Words nearby Sophist

sopher, sophi, sophia, sophie, sophism, sophist, sophister, sophistic, sophisticate, sophisticated, sophistication

Origin of Sophist

1535–45; < Latin sophista < Greek sophistḗs sage, derivative of sophízesthai

Other words from Sophist

an·ti·soph·ist , noun, adjective

Word origin for Sophist

C16: from Latin sophista, from Greek sophistēs a wise man, from sophizesthai to act craftily

Synonyms for Sophist

theorist, logician, sage, savant, wise person