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Synonyms for pharmacist

All synonyms

Noun

1. Druggist

druggist, chemist UK AU NZ, pill pusher informal, apothecary dated, pharmaceutist dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A health professional who controls, formulates, preserves, and dispenses medications and provides medical advice and counseling on how medicines should be used in order to achieve maximum benefit, and minimal side effects in order to avoid drug interactions.

Related words

Word family
pharmacy

Forms

Plural
pharmacists → druggists, chemists, apothecaries, pharmaceutists…

Example sentences

  • druggist The old druggist was put out to pasture.
  • quack My mother thinks that the doctor is a quack.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
pharmaciststeady
druggistfalling
quacksteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
quack1
7 letters
chemist2
8 letters
druggist2, gallipot
10 letters
apothecary5, pharmacian
12 letters
pharmacopole
13 letters
pharmaceutist
14 letters
pharmacopolist

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (chemist2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
pharmacien
Español
boticario
Deutsch
Apotheker