Synonyms for specialist
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Noun
1. Expert — someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
Related words
- Word family
- specialistic specialize
- Phrases
- infectious disease specialist
- Is a kind of
- doctor doc leech physic physician
Forms
- Plural
- specialists → experts, enthusiasts, aficionados, connoisseurs…
Example sentences
- expert Harry is working under the direction of an expert.
- enthusiast He is much more of a golf enthusiast than I am.
- connoisseur I am a connoisseur when it comes to change of scenery.
- aficionado As you might already know, I am an aficionado of old books.
- scholar A great scholar is not necessarily a good teacher.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| specialist | steady | |
| expert | rising | |
| enthusiast | steady | |
| connoisseur | steady | |
| aficionado | rising | |
| scholar | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- expert2
- 7 letters
- scholar2
- 8 letters
- monomath
- 10 letters
- enthusiast4, aficionado5
- 11 letters
- connoisseur3, specialiser
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (expert2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- spécialiste
- Italiano
- specialista
- Deutsch
- Fachkraft