| Main Entry: | guru |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mentor, guide |
Synonyms: |
authority, guiding light, leader, master, sage, teacher, tutor |
Antonyms: |
follower, student |
| Main Entry: | guru |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | technical expert |
Synonyms: |
computer expert, computer geek, computer specialist, geek, techie |
| Main Entry: | analyst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who examines and determines; psychoanalyst |
Synonyms: |
accountant, couch doctor, examiner, guru*, head shrinker, inquisitor, investigator, number cruncher, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, questioner, shrink*, therapist |
| Main Entry: | authority |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expert, animate or inanimate |
Synonyms: |
CEO, arbiter, aristocrat, bible, big cheese, big shot, big wig, boss, brains, brass, buff*, city hall, connoisseur, czar, egghead, establishment*, exec, executive, expert, feds, front office, governor, guru, ivory dome, judge, kingfish, kingpin, law*, power elite, pro, professional, professor, pundit, scholar, specialist, textbook, top brass, top dog, top hand, upstairs, veteran, virtuoso, whiz, wizard |
| Main Entry: | commander |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leader of military or other organization |
Synonyms: |
CO, administrator, big cheese, boss, captain, chief, commandant, czar, director, don, exec, guru, head, head honcho, head person, high priest/priestess, higher up, kingfish, kingpin, lead-off person, mastermind, officer, point person, ruler, skipper, top banana, top brass, top dog |
Antonyms: |
follower |
| Main Entry: | computer geek |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | computer expert |
Synonyms: |
computer specialist, engineer, guru, hacker, programmer, techie |
| Main Entry: | expert |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | master, specialist |
Synonyms: |
ace*, adept, artist, artiste, authority, buff, connoisseur, doyen, graduate, guru*, hot shot, old hand, old pro, phenomenon, pro, professional, proficient, shark, virtuoso, whiz*, wizard |
Antonyms: |
amateur, apprentice, ignoramus, novice |
| Main Entry: | geek |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odd person; computer expert |
Synonyms: |
buffoon, computer specialist, curiosity, dolt, dork, freak, goon, guru, nerd, techie, weirdo |
| Notes: | a geek is any smart person with an obsessive interest, a nerd is the same but also lacks social grace, and a dweeb is a mega-nerd |
| Main Entry: | guide |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that or someone who leads |
Synonyms: |
adviser, attendant, captain, chaperon, cicerone, conductor, controller, convoy, counselor, criterion, design, director, docent, escort, example, exemplar, exhibitor, genie, genius, guiding spirit, guru, ideal, inspiration, lead, leader, lodestar, mentor, model, monitor, paradigm, pathfinder, pattern, pilot, pioneer, rudder, scout, standard, superintendent, teacher, usher, vanguard |
| Main Entry: | maharishi |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spiritual leader |
Synonyms: |
guru, master, mentor, mystic, spiritual guide, swami, teacher |