English Explanatory Dictionary

naturalist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A natural philosopher; a scientist.
A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism.
An expert in natural history or the study of plants and animals.
A creative artist who attempts to faithfully represent nature; an adherent of artistic naturalism.

adj

Synonym of naturalistic.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-naturalist.wav

Word forms

naturalist naturalists more naturalist most naturalist

Etymology

From natural + -ist. Piecewise doublet of naturalista.

Synonyms

naturalistic

Related words

naturalism naturist biologist botanist geologist natural historian natural history natural scientist scientist zoologist

Derived words

antinaturalist cabinet naturalist field naturalist nonnaturalist religious naturalist spiritual naturalist

Translations

Bulgarian: естественик Chinese Mandarin: 自然學家 /自然学家 Danish: naturforsker Danish: naturforskerske Dutch: natuurvorser Dutch: natuurvorster Dutch: natuuronderzoeker Dutch: natuuronderzoekster Esperanto: naturalisto Finnish: luonnontieteilijä Galician: naturalista German: Naturforscher German: Naturforscherin Greek: φυσιοδίφης Hungarian: természettudós Hungarian: természetkutató Hungarian: természetbúvár Ido: naturalisto Kazakh: табиғат зерттеушісі Latin: nātūrālista Macedonian: природона́учник Macedonian: природња́к Mongolian: байгальч Norwegian Bokmål: naturforsker Norwegian Bokmål: naturforskerske Norwegian Nynorsk: naturforskar Persian: طبیعیدان Portuguese: naturalista Russian: натурали́ст Russian: натурали́стка Spanish: naturalista Swedish: naturforskare Volapük: nativestigan Volapük: natihivestigan Volapük: natijivestigan

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