English Explanatory Dictionary

specialist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Specialised, involving detailed knowledge of a restricted topic.
noun
  1. Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
  2. A player on a team who primarily employs one particular skill or takes one particular role.
  3. A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.
  4. Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.
  5. An organism that is specialized for a particular environment.
  6. A stenotopic species.
  7. A sixth-former at Eton College.

Pronunciation

/ˈspɛʃəlɪst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-specialist.wav

Word forms

specialist more specialist most specialist specialists

Etymology

Borrowed from French spécialiste, equivalent to special + -ist.

Synonyms

aficionado enthusiast connoisseur

Antonyms

generalist eurytopic all-rounder

Related words

specialize subspecialty subspecialist

Derived words

cyberspecialist hyperspecialist infectious disease specialist left-handed specialist multispecialist non-specialist nonspecialist payload specialist polyspecialist specialistic superspecialist
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