Other forms: thinkers
A thinker is somebody who thinks deeply, especially in public. A great thinker, an original thinker, thinkers of the age.
It is a job description in some countries and a compliment in others, and calling somebody a great thinker usually means their ideas outlived them. Rodin's statue is the image the word carries. Note think plus the -er ending that names a doer.
1nounthinkerSomebody who thinks deeply, especially in public.
“She is one of the most original thinkers of her generation, and her books are widely read.”
thinker is a person.
Think plus -er, from Old English thencan, to think. The related thyncan meant to seem, which is why methinks exists.
Middle English
thinkere
English, today
thinker
From Middle English thinkere, equivalent to think + -er. Compare West Frisian tinker (“thinker”), Dutch denker (“thinker”), German Denker (“thinker”), Danish tænker (“thinker”), Swedish tänkare (“thinker”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA