WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
soph•ist•er
(sof′ə stər),USA pronunciation n.
- Philosophya specious, unsound, or fallacious reasoner.
- [Chiefly Brit.](esp. formerly) a second or third year student at a university.
- Philosophy[Obs.]an ancient Greek sophist.
- Latin sophista. See sophist
- Middle French sophistre
- Middle English 1350–1400
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