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| Main Entry: | guru |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mentor, guide |
| Synonyms: | authority, leader, master, sage, teacher, tutor, guiding light |
| Antonyms: | follower, student |
| Main Entry: | guru |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | technical expert |
| Synonyms: | computer geek, geek, computer expert, computer specialist, techie |
| Main Entry: | analyst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who examines and determines; psychoanalyst |
| Synonyms: | accountant, examiner, guru*, investigator, number cruncher*, psychiatrist, shrink*, therapist, couch doctor, head shrinker, inquisitor, psychotherapist, questioner |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | commander |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leader of military or other organization |
| Synonyms: | administrator, big cheese*, boss, captain, chief, czar, director, don, guru, head, mastermind, officer, ruler, skipper, top banana*, CO, commandant, exec, head honcho, head person, high priest/priestess, higher up, kingfish, kingpin, lead-off person, point person, top brass, top dog |
| Antonyms: | follower |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | computer geek |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | computer expert |
| Synonyms: | engineer, guru, hacker, computer specialist, programmer, techie |
| Main Entry: | expert |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | master, specialist |
| Synonyms: | ace*, adept, artist, authority, buff, connoisseur, graduate, guru*, old hand*, phenomenon, pro, professional, proficient, virtuoso, whiz*, wizard, artiste, doyen, hot shot, old pro, shark* |
| Antonyms: | amateur, apprentice, ignoramus, novice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | geek |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odd person; computer expert |
| Synonyms: | buffoon, curiosity, dolt, freak, goon, guru, nerd, weirdo, computer specialist, dork, techie |
| 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: | maharishi |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spiritual leader |
| Synonyms: | guru, master, mentor, mystic, swami, teacher, spiritual guide |
| Main Entry: | sage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wise person |
| Synonyms: | guide, guru, intellect, intellectual, learned person, master, mentor, philosopher, pundit, savant, teacher, thinker, mahatma, wise man/woman |
| Main Entry: | specialist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is an expert in a field |
| Synonyms: | ace, adept, authority, connoisseur, consultant, devotee, doctor, guru*, old hand*, pro*, professional, pundit, sage, savant, scholar, veteran, virtuoso, attending physician, old pro, technician |
| Antonyms: | general practitioner |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | swami |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | religious teacher |
| Synonyms: | guru, master, mentor, mystic, sage, teacher, yogi, guiding light |
| Main Entry: | spiritual teacher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | teacher of spiritual path |
| Synonyms: | advisor, guru, maharishi, master, mentor, mystic, swami, teacher, spiritual guide, spiritual leader |
| Main Entry: | guide |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that or someone who leads |
| Synonyms: | adviser, attendant, captain, chaperon, cicerone, conductor, convoy, counselor, criterion, design, director, docent, escort, example, exemplar, genie, genius, guru, ideal, inspiration, lead, leader, mentor, model, monitor, paradigm, pattern, pilot, pioneer, scout, standard, superintendent, teacher, usher, vanguard, controller, exhibitor, guiding spirit, lodestar, pathfinder, rudder |
| Main Entry: | master |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in charge, female or male |
| Synonyms: | administrator, boss, captain, chief, commander, commanding officer, conqueror, director, employer, general, governor, guide, guru, head, instructor, judge, lord, manager, matriarch, overlord, overseer, owner, patriarch, pedagogue, preceptor, principal, pro, ruler, skipper, slave driver*, superintendent, supervisor, swami*, taskmaster, teacher, tutor, wheel*, chieftain, commandant, controller, head person, schoolmaster/ mistress, spiritual leader, top dog |
| Antonyms: | servant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | authority |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expert, animate or inanimate |
| Synonyms: | arbiter, aristocrat, bible, big cheese*, big shot*, boss, brass*, buff*, city hall*, connoisseur, czar, egghead*, establishment*, executive, expert, front office*, governor, guru, judge, law*, pro, professional, professor, pundit, scholar, specialist, textbook*, upstairs, veteran, virtuoso, whiz, wizard, CEO, big wig, brains, exec, feds, ivory dome, kingfish, kingpin, power elite, top brass, top dog, top hand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | master |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expert, skilled person, female or male |
| Synonyms: | ace*, adept, artist, authority, buff*, champion, connoisseur, conqueror, doctor, genius, guru, maestro, maven, old hand*, past master, prima donna*, pro, professional, proficient, pundit, sage, savant, scientist, victor, virtuoso, whiz*, winner, wizard, artiste, doyen, doyenne, old pro, real pro, shark*, whiz-bang |
| Antonyms: | amateur |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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