Standard Lemma guide

epistemologist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • rhymes with -ɒlədʒɪst

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of knowledge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a specialist in epistemology

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: philosopher

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English epistemology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English epistemologist From epistemology + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: épistémologue — A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of knowledge
  • Italian: epistemologo — A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of knowledge
  • Latvian: epistemologs — A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of knowledge
  • Latvian: epistemoloģe — A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of knowledge
  • Macedonian: епистемоло́г (epistemológ) — A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of knowledge
  • Occitan: epistemològ — A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of knowledge
  • Occitan: espitemologista — A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of knowledge
  • Polish: epistemolog — A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of knowledge
  • Portuguese: epistemólogo — A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of knowledge
  • Portuguese: epistemóloga — A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of knowledge
  • Spanish: epistemólogo — A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of knowledge