Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun scholiast

1 sense of scholiast

Sense 1
scholiast -- (a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author))
       => scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student -- (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)