genius, guru, wiz, idiot savant, wunderkind, geek, whiz kid, autistic savant, whiz, prodigy, nerd, aficionado, brainiac, dilettante, wizard, maven, alchemist, demigod, polymath, moron, prowess, impresario, savvy, smarts, dolt, tinkerer, dadaist, wordsmith, dweeby, junkie, simpleton, wonk, doofus, dreamer, wizardry, connoisseur, acumen, late bloomer, extraordinaire, gamesman, fanatic, blockhead, legend, dabbler, boffin, mensch, punster, egghead, daydreamer, mangler, knucklehead, schmo, mentalist, ironist, whittler, bozo, autodidact, goofball, logician, ambidexterity, misanthrope, schmuck, hustler, cruciverbalist, klutziness, overachiever, conehead, curmudgeon, raconteur, sabermetrician, chowderhead, maestro, mathematician, appreciator, hemingwayesque, etymologist, flatterer, brilliance, nonpareil, magus, graybeard, philosopher, esthete, prestidigitator, scribbler, dork, mumbler, neophyte, fiend, visionary, rube, codger, mathlete, nitwit, introvert, mountebank, soothsayer, fabulist, weirdo, dynamo, maniac, dude, savants, scholar, virtuoso, philologist, astronomer, botanist, nobleman, archaeologist, contemporary, jurist, missionary, naturalist, professor, artists, connoisseurs, philanthropist, scientist, artiste, geographer, histrionic, inventive, managerial, precocious, superlative, versatile, consummate, conversational, creative, culinary, exceptional, firstrate, improvisational, innate, metacognitive, motoric, pianistic, superior, terpsichorean, artistic

scholar, scholarly person, student

initiate, learned person, pundit