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pundit Definition

pun·dit (pun′dit)

noun

  1. pandit
  2. a person who has or professes to have great learning; actual or self-professed authority

Etymology: Hindi paṇḍit < Sans paṇḍita, a learned person, orig., learned

pundit Related Forms

pun′·ditry noun

pundit Synonyms

pundit

n.

intellectual, savant, thinker, mavin, theorist, pedant, high-brow, know-it-all*; see also scholar 2.

pundit Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • rove: Bono: Sadly, the Irish roving rock pundit has been keeping a bit of a low profile recently.
  • surprise: The normally flamboyant pair surprised some pundits by wearing traditional black morning suits.
  • hear: During that short period, he heard the pundit explaining the nature of God.
  • say: Over the next 24 hours, say the pundits, 10 million copies will be sold.
  • become: I'm often unsure what tests ex players have to take to become a pundit, given their obvious failings.

Preposition: on

TV: Quite apart from being extremely knowledgeable, he's by far the most entertaining pundit on TV.

Adjective modifier

  • respected: Now a respected media pundit, Fairclough writes an exclusive column for Liverpoolfc.tv each week.
  • Many: Many pundits are also tipping the Czechs to go all the way to the final.
  • political: For the UK 2001 general election, political pundits spoke in terms of tens of millions being spent in total by all parties.
  • most: Most pundits seem to forecast a cull of about 20.
  • regular: I can tell them what sort of place Bolton is [ ' not nice ' ] , which your regular French pundit couldn't.
  • various: The future The strike has been neither the death knell, nor the ringing affirmation of class politics that various pundits have claimed.

Modifies a noun

  • mccririck: Their ads from pundit john mccririck creative mix master ribbon on the.
  • john: Their ads from pundit john mccririck creative mix master ribbon on the.

Noun used with modifier

  • soccer: Sunday Mirror - 13 February AFTER 5 YEARS AS JUST GOOD FRIENDS WE'VE FALLEN IN LOVE HE is Sky TV's star soccer pundit.
  • football: Apart from yourself then, who's the best football pundit?
  • TV: Ten Year Trends Ten Year Trend type stats are very popular with mainstream TV pundits.
  • racing: Be protesting with had hit a nerve horse racing pundit.
  • medium: Every media pundit tomorrow is sure to talk him up.