deep thinker

deep thinker

A person who has remarkably intelligent or profound thoughts. My grandfather wasn't a fighting man, he was a deep thinker; he tried to understand the cause of a problem, not attack it.
See also: deep
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • be as bright as a button
  • be as sharp as a tack
  • all that
  • be all that
  • turn a phrase
  • (all) great minds run in the same channel
  • channel
  • great minds run in the same channel, all
  • sharp as a tack
  • (as) sharp as a tack
References in classic literature
He was not a deep thinker. He had no faith in new theories.
The Strength of the Strong
In short, silent and uncommunicative as he was, he was looked upon as a deep thinker, and perhaps, said the admiring circle, he would some day become deputy of the eighth arrondissement.
Bureaucracy
Truly, we are deep thinkers, we are ambitious spirits!
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience
She was cast as the intellectual one of the 2017 villa, and eventually hooked up with fellow deep thinker, Jamie Jewitt.
Love Island stars' GCSE results - what Molly-Mae, Tommy and Chris Hughes got in their exams; To mark 2019 GCSE results day, Love Island's straight A students and secret brain boxes are revealed
As a fair, honest and deep thinker, he earned the trust of several village presidents and boards.
Smith, Weidenfeld for Buffalo Grove
We follow him because the man is a deep thinker. We follow Asiwaju because he values us without measure,' he added.
Be Ready To Serve The People If You Want To Be Like Tinubu a Igbokwe
Fitzgerald, who was capped 34 times by Ireland and played on the 2009 Lions tour before retiring in 2016 because of a career-ending neck injury, said: "Warren is a deep thinker and I know for a fact he's the only coach that gets under Joe Schmidt's skin.
'Gats gets under the skin of Schmidt'
Ree Connell, a graduate of RMIT University, said that (https://www.ibtimes.com/queen-elizabeth-prince-charles-prince-william-share-inside-look-their-homes-2768957) Prince William is more like Prince Charles in the sense that he is quiet, reflective, reserved, and is also a deep thinker. Prince Harry is the more outgoing one of the brothers and he is also a bit cheeky.
Are Princes William, Harry More Like Dad Or Mom?
Deep thinker Catriona Thomson, Killearn, took this at Loch Achray
Top snaps
SPORTS BOOK REVIEW'S TOP 20 CHRISTMAS SELECTION 2018 (Week Two: Books 15-11) 15) No Spin, by Shane Warne with Mark Nicholas (Published October 2018) Shane Warne is not renowned as a deep thinker, but this ghosted autobiography reiterates his approach to cricket and, you suspect, life.
BOOK REVIEW
Faisal Mushtaq and the college managementfor developing deep thinker and critical analyzers in his students.
Diplomatic moot held at Millennium campus I-9/3
"I'm a long way from family back home in Birmingham and I'm a bit of a deep thinker. A lot of stuff comes out in the form of rapping and song lyrics.
I'LL RAP UP THE LEAGUE; Calder wants fans singing his praises
Klopp likes the way he thinks about the game, because Wijnaldum is a deep thinker about the game.
The reason Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp can always rely on Gini Wijnaldum; In his latest column, Reds legend Jan Molby also explains why Alisson Becker can make a positive difference at Anfield
He called it "gangster" while McGregor's coach John Kavanagh noted Jnr, who turns one today, is a "deep thinker, like the old man".
Boy, that's Conor's double