English noun: generalist | |||
1. | generalist (person) a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests | ||
Samples | A statistician has to be something of a generalist. | ||
Synonyms | Renaissance man | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student | ||
Antonyms | specialiser, specialist, specializer | ||