automaton
- noun
- a self operating machine; a mindless follower; a person who acts in a mechanical fashion
ascetic
- noun
- One who abandons worldly comforts and chooses to practice self-denial, focusing on religious dedication and discipline.
bungler
- noun
- Someone who is clumsy or inept; a person who makes mistakes because of incompetence
clairvoyant
- noun/adjective
- a person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact
- having or exhibiting an ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact
demagogue
- noun
- A leader who appeals to the fears, emotions, and prejudices of the populace
exhort
- verb
- to urge; encourage
hedonist
- noun
- A person who believes in the pursuit of please above all other pursuits.
iconoclast
- noun
- a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions.
- a critic; skeptic
indulgent
- adjective
- having or indicating a tendency to be overly generous to or lenient with someone
- compassionate; understanding
mentor
- noun
- An advisor; teacher; guide
partisan
- noun
- a person with strong and therefore biased beliefs
recluse
- noun
- A person who leads a secluded or solitary life
rhetorician
- noun
- a speaker whose words are primarily intended to impress or persuade.
- an expert in formal rhetoric.
raconteur
- noun
- A person who excels in telling anecdotes.
dilettante
- noun
- an amateur or dabbler; a person with a superficial interest in an art of a branch of knowledge.
Acolyte
- noun
- A devoted follower
prognosticator
- noun
- One who uses current information to predict what will happen
pundit
- noun
- Someone who knows a lot of information in a certain field and is often chosen upon to discuss their opinions.
prosaic
- adjective
- dull, not poetic
Neophyte, Greenhorn, Novice
- noun
- a beginner; inexperienced
zealot
- noun
- a person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious, political, or other ideals.
- extremist; radical