specialist

English

Etymology

specialize +‎ -ist

Adjective

specialist (comparative more specialist, superlative most specialist)

1. (UK) Specialised.

Noun

specialist (plural specialists)

Wikipedia

1. Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
2. (medicine) A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.
3. (US, military) Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.

Synonyms

• (Someone who is an expert or devoted to a particular area of study): aficionado, enthusiast, connoisseur

Antonyms

• generalist

Hypernyms

• See also Wikisaurus:physician

Derived terms

• specialistic

Related terms

• specialize
• subspecialty
• subspecialist

Translations

expert

Arabic: متخصص (mutaxáṣṣiṣ) m. Catalan: especialista (ca) m. and f. Chinese: 專家, 专家 (zhuānjiā), 專門家, 专门家 (zhuānménjiā) Czech: specialista (cs) m. Dutch: specialist (nl) m. and f. Esperanto: specialisto (eo) Finnish: erikoisasiantuntija, spesialisti French: spécialiste (fr) German: Spezialist (de) m., Fachmann (de) m., Experte (de) m.

Greek: ειδικός (el) (eidikós) m., εμπειρογνώμονας (el) (empeirognómonas) m. Hungarian: szakember (hu) Italian: specialista (it) Japanese: 専門家 (ja) (せんもんか, senmonka), 熟練者 (ja) (じゅくれんしゃ, jukurensha) Norwegian: spesialist (no) Russian: специалист (ru) (spetsialíst) m., эксперт (ru) (ekspért) m. Spanish: especialista (es) m. and f. Welsh: arbenigwr (cy)

physician

Catalan: especialista (ca) m. and f. Czech: specialista (cs) m. Dutch: specialist (nl) m. and f. Finnish: erikoislääkäri (fi)

German: Facharzt (de) m. Norwegian: spesialist (no) Spanish: especialista (es) m. and f.

army rank

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Anagrams

• plasticise

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Swedish

Etymology

special +‎ -ist

Noun

specialist c.

1. a specialist

Declension

Declension of specialist

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	specialist	specialisten	specialister	specialisterna
genitive	specialists	specialistens	specialisters	specialisternas

Related terms

• specialistkunskap
• specialistsjuksköterska

See also

• expert