English noun: specialist |
1. | specialist (person) an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning |
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| Synonyms | specialiser, specializer |
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| Broader (hypernym) | expert |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | arborist, attache, canonist, criminologist, crystallographer, decorator, designer, designer, dietician, dietitian, educationalist, educationist, enologist, fermentologist, fingerprint expert, fingerprint man, fingerprint specialist, Germanist, graphic designer, graphologist, handwriting expert, house decorator, interior decorator, interior designer, limnologist, meteorologist, nutritionist, oculist, oenologist, optometrist, orientalist, room decorator, Teutonist, tree surgeon |
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| Antonyms | generalist, renaissance man |
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2. | specialist (person) practices one branch of medicine |
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| Synonyms | medical specialist |
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| Broader (hypernym) | doc, doctor, Dr., MD, medico, physician |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | accoucheur, anaesthetist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, baby doctor, brain doctor, cardiologist, chiropodist, dermatologist, diagnostician, diplomate, ear doctor, ear specialist, ear-nose-and-throat doctor, embryologist, endocrinologist, ENT man, eye doctor, foot doctor, geriatrician, gerontologist, gynaecologist, gynecologist, haematologist, head-shrinker, heart specialist, heart surgeon, hematologist, hygienist, internist, neurologist, obstetrician, oculist, oncologist, ophthalmologist, orthopaedist, orthopedist, orthoptist, otolaryngologist, otologist, otorhinolaryngologist, paediatrician, pathologist, pediatrician, pediatrist, podiatrist, proctologist, psychiatrist, radiographer, radiologist, radiotherapist, rheumatologist, rhinolaryngologist, shrink, skin doctor, urologist, woman's doctor |
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