'Specialist' definitions:
Definition of 'specialist'
(from WordNet)
noun
An expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning [syn: specialist, specializer, specialiser] [ant: Renaissance man, generalist]
noun
Practices one branch of medicine [syn: specialist, medical specialist]
Definition of 'Specialist'
From: GCIDE
- Specialist \Spe"cial*ist\, n. One who devotes himself to some specialty; as, a medical specialist, one who devotes himself to diseases of particular parts of the body, as the eye, the ear, the nerves, etc. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'specialist'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adept,
- aficionado,
- amateur,
- anesthesiologist,
- artist,
- artiste,
- authoritative,
- authority,
- bond crowd,
- broker,
- buff,
- cardiologist,
- chiropodist,
- confined,
- connoisseur,
- critic,
- curb broker,
- dealer,
- dermatologist,
- dilettante,
- expert,
- eye doctor,
- eye-ear-nose-throat specialist,
- fan,
- feature,
- featured,
- floor broker,
- floor trader,
- floorman,
- freak,
- geriatrician,
- gerontologist,
- gynecologist,
- immunologist,
- internist,
- jobber,
- knowledgeable,
- limited,
- maestro,
- master,
- neurologist,
- nut,
- obstetrician,
- oculist,
- odd-lot dealer,
- ophthalmologist,
- orthopedist,
- otolaryngologist,
- otologist,
- pathologist,
- pediatrician,
- pediatrist,
- pit man,
- podiatrist,
- professional,
- psychiatrist,
- pundit,
- radiologist,
- registered representative,
- restricted,
- savant,
- scholar,
- serologist,
- sharebroker,
- skin man,
- specialistic,
- specialized,
- stock dealer,
- stock-exchange broker,
- stockbroker,
- stockjobber,
- technical,
- technical expert,
- technician,
- two-dollar broker,
- Wall Streeter