'Cognoscente' definitions:
Definition of 'cognoscente'
(from WordNet)
noun
An expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts [syn: connoisseur, cognoscente]
Definition of 'Cognoscente'
From: GCIDE
- Cognoscente \Cog`nos*cen"te\, n.; pl. Cognoscenti. [OIt. cognoscente, p. pr. of cognoscere, It. conoscere to know.] A connoisseur. --Mason. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cognoscente'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aesthete,
- amateur,
- annotator,
- arbiter,
- arbiter elegantiarum,
- arbiter of taste,
- authority,
- bon vivant,
- captious critic,
- carper,
- caviler,
- censor,
- censurer,
- collector,
- commentator,
- commenter,
- connaisseur,
- connoisseur,
- critic,
- criticaster,
- criticizer,
- critickin,
- criticule,
- dab,
- dilettante,
- editor,
- epicure,
- epicurean,
- expert,
- faultfinder,
- good judge,
- gourmand,
- gourmet,
- judge,
- literary critic,
- man of letters,
- maven,
- muckraker,
- proficient,
- refined palate,
- reviewer,
- scholiast,
- smellfungus,
- social critic,
- specialist,
- textual critic,
- virtuoso