specialists

NOUN

person who is an expert in a field

Synonyms

STRONGEST

authority consultant doctor guru professional scholar technician

STRONG

ace adept connoisseur devotee pro pundit sage savant veteran virtuoso

WEAK

attending physician old hand old pro

Antonyms

STRONG

amateur ignoramus rookie

WEAK

general practitioner

Example Sentences

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This is one of the largest takeover arbitrage situations, and arbitrage specialists collectively have a limited pool of capital to allocate to one transaction.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Starting Friday, specialists will begin assessing where everything stands.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Some specialists – such as Didier Rykner, leading French arts writer – remain sceptical.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Make sure that the plan you sign up for has a large panel of primary-care physicians and specialists to choose from.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

However, in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, science became too technical and mathematical for the philosophers, or anyone else except a few specialists.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking