pundit
noun
[ ˈpʌndɪt ]
• an expert in a particular subject or field who is frequently called upon to give their opinions to the public.
• "political pundits were tipping him for promotion"
Similar:
expert,
authority,
adviser,
member of a think tank,
member of a policy unit,
specialist,
consultant,
doyen,
master,
mentor,
guru,
sage,
savant,
buff,
whizz,
boffin,
• variant form of pandit.
Origin:
mid 17th century (in pundit (sense 2)): from Sanskrit paṇḍita ‘learned man’, use as noun of paṇḍita ‘learned, skilled’. pundit (sense 1) is first recorded in the early 19th century.
