| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | bean counter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | number cruncher |
| Synonyms: | CPA, accountant, actuary, analyst, auditor, bookkeeper, certified public accountant, comptroller, financial executive, financial officer, number cruncher, statistician, treasurer |
| Main Entry: | commentator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reporter |
| Synonyms: | analyst, annotator, announcer, correspondent, critic, expositor, interpreter, observer, pundit, reviewer, sportscaster, writer |
| Main Entry: | detective |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigator of crime |
| Synonyms: | P. I., Sherlock Holmes, agent, analyst, bird dog, bloodhound, bull*, constable, cop, dick, eavesdropper, eye*, fed, fink, flatfoot, gumshoe, informer, nark, peeper, plainclothes officer, police officer, private eye, private investigator, prosecutor, reporter, roper, scout, sergeant, shadow*, shamus, shoofly, sleuth, slewfoot, snoop, spy, tail |
| Main Entry: | investigator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who checks thoroughly |
| Synonyms: | Sherlock Holmes, agent, analyst, attorney, auditor, detective, examiner, gumshoe, hound, inquirer, inspector, plainclothes officer, police, private detective, private eye, prosecutor, researcher, reviewer, sleuth, snooper, spy, tester, undercover cop |
| Main Entry: | researcher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | research worker |
| Synonyms: | analyst, analyzer, clinician, experimenter, investigator, scientist, tester |
| Main Entry: | reviewer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critic |
| Synonyms: | analyst, appraiser, commentator, connoisseur, evaluator, expert, interpreter, judge, reporter |
| Main Entry: | scientist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | researcher |
| Synonyms: | analyst, chemist, examiner, expert, lab technician, physicist, prober, tester |
| Main Entry: | therapist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | counselor |
| Synonyms: | adviser, analyst, clinician, doctor, physician, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, shrink* |