generalist

English

Etymology

general +‎ -ist

Noun

generalist (plural generalists)

1. A person with a broad general knowledge, especially one with more than superficial knowledge in several areas and the ability to combine ideas from diverse fields.
2. (medicine) A general practitioner.
3. (ecology) Species which can thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions.

Antonyms

• specialist

Translations

person with a broad general knowledge

• Catalan: generalista
• Chinese: 通才
• Finnish: yleismies
• French: généraliste (fr)
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• German: Generalist (de) m
• Japanese: ジェネラリスト, ゼネラリスト (ja)
• Spanish: generalista
• Swedish: generalist (sv) c

general practitioner

• Catalan: generalista
• Finnish: yleislääkäri (fi)
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• Spanish: generalista

biological species

• Finnish: generalisti
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Anagrams

• Easterling