| Main Entry: | linguist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | specialist in language |
Synonyms: |
glottologist, grammarian, interpreter, lexicographer, linguistician, philologist, polyglot |
| Main Entry: | translator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interpreter |
Synonyms: |
adapter, cryptographer, cryptologist, decoder, dragoman, explainer, glossator, linguist, polyglot |
| Notes: | an interpreter converts speech to another language and a translator converts writing to another language |
| Main Entry: | interpreter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | translator |
Synonyms: |
analyst, annotator, artist, biographer, commentator, critic, decoder, delegate, editor, exegete, explicator, exponent, expositor, glossographer, guide, linguist, paraphraser, philosopher, professor, reviewer, scholar, speaker, spokesperson, writer |
| Main Entry: | lexicographer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dictionary writer |
Synonyms: |
definer, dictionarist, dictionary editor, dictionary maker, etymologist, glossarian, glossarist, glossographer, glossologist, glottologist, lexicographist, lexicologist, linguist, philologer, philologian, philologist, phonetician, phoneticist, phonologist, polyglot, vocabulist, wordsmith |
| Main Entry: | lexicographer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dictionary editor |
Synonyms: |
author, compiler, definer, editor, lexicologist, linguist |