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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consultant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | professional advisor |
| Synonyms: | advisor, authority, counsel, expert, freelancer, guide, master, maven, mentor, pro*, specialist, veteran |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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