Authority and Scholar

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Authority

Authority noun - A person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field.

Usage example: the leading authority on neural anatomy

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Scholar is a synonym for authority in expert topic. In some cases you can use "Scholar" instead a noun "Authority", when it comes to topics like guru.

Nearby Words: authorize, authorise, authoritative, author, authorization

Scholar

Scholar noun - A person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field.

Usage example: a scholar who is a specialist in the history of ancient Greece

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Authority is a synonym for scholar in expert topic. You can use "Authority" instead a noun "Scholar".

Nearby Words: scholarly, scholarship, scholastic

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human	human authority	human scholar
old	old authority	old scholar
female	female authority	female scholar
complete	complete authority	complete scholar
Other adjectives: legal, proper, great, white, major, religious, political, military, imperial, foremost, local.

Both words in one sentence

In A Scholar of Magics, the Earl of Bridgewater is the seemingly helpful authority figure who turns out to have been behind the whole thing.

Source: Literature / Scholarly Magics
Malohkeh, quite the gentle scholar (once one gets past that whole "dissecting people to poke a bit at their insides" business), objects to this, preferring to find a peaceful solution, but unfortunately he has no authority.Amy and Mo, meanwhile, manage to escape.

Source: Recap / Doctor Who S31 E9 "Cold Blood"

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