English Explanatory Dictionary

scientist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research, or make use of the results of the research of others.

Pronunciation

/ˈsaɪəntɪst/ /ˈsaɪəntəst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scientist.wav

Word forms

scientist scientists

Etymology

Coined by English philosopher and historian of science William Whewell in March 1834 in an anonymous review of Mary Somerville's book On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences in the Quarterly Review as a suggested replacement for, and later seriously introduced by him in 1840 (see the quotation) as a more precise substitute for, the terms natural philosopher and man of science. Modeled after artist, from the Latin stem scientia (“knowledge”) + -ist.

Synonyms

scientist beaker

Related words

science sciencier scienciest scienciness sciency scientian scientific scientifical scientifically scientificalness scientificness scientism scientistic scientistical scientistically peer review :Category:en:Scientists Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 463. Experiment Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 476. Reasoning Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 492. Scholar

Derived words

bench scientist bioscientist broscientist chief scientist citizen scientist creation scientist crime scientist criminal scientist cyberscientist data scientist environmental scientist e-scientist ethnoscientist food scientist gentleman scientist geroscientist glycoscientist histoscientist hydroscientist mad scientist metascientist nanoscientist neuroscientist nonscientist omniscientist parascientist political scientist remote sensing scientist rocket scientist scientess social scientist soil scientist
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