| Main Entry: | specialist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is an expert in a field |
Synonyms: |
ace, adept, attending physician, authority, connoisseur, consultant, devotee, doctor, guru*, old hand, old pro, pro*, professional, pundit, sage, savant, scholar, technician, veteran, virtuoso |
Antonyms: |
general practitioner |
| 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: | connoisseur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authority |
Synonyms: |
adept, aesthete, aficionado, appreciator, arbiter, bon vivant, buff*, cognoscente, critic, devotee, dilettante, epicure, expert, fan, freak*, gourmet, judge, maven*, nut*, one into, savant, specialist |
Antonyms: |
ignoramus |
| Main Entry: | consultant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | professional advisor |
Synonyms: |
advisor, authority, counsel, expert, freelancer, guide, master, maven, mentor, pro*, specialist, veteran |
| Main Entry: | craftsperson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person skilled in art |
Synonyms: |
artificer, artisan, blacksmith, journeyperson, machinist, maker, manufacturer, mechanic, skilled worker, smith, specialist, technician, wright |
Antonyms: |
bumbler, unskilled |
| Main Entry: | doctor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | medical practitioner |
Synonyms: |
MD, bones, doc, expert, general practitioner, healer, intern, medic, medical person, medico, physician, professor, quack, scientist, specialist, surgeon |
| Notes: | the word doctor is derived from Latin doctus 'having been taught; learned' (from docere 'to teach'); physician comes from Latin physica 'natural science; physics' |
Antonyms: |
patient |
| Main Entry: | epicurean |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gourmet |
Synonyms: |
bon vivant, connoisseur, critic, epicure, gastronome, gastronomer, glutton, gourmand, hedonist, pleasure seeker, sensualist, specialist, sybarite |
| Main Entry: | physician |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person trained in medical science |
Synonyms: |
MD, bones, doc, doctor, general practitioner, healer, intern, medic, medical practitioner, quack, sawbones, specialist, surgeon |
Antonyms: |
patient |
| Main Entry: | practitioner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expert |
Synonyms: |
doctor, master, pro, professional, specialist |
| Main Entry: | professional |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person prepared for work by extended study or practice |
Synonyms: |
adept, artist, artiste, authority, brain*, egghead, expert, hotshot, old hand, old pro, old war-horse, phenom, powerhouse, pro, proficient, pundit, shark, specialist, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz kid, whiz*, wizard |
Antonyms: |
amateur, apprentice, greenhorn, rookie |