EXPERT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does expert mean? 

• EXPERT (noun)
  The noun EXPERT has 1 sense:

1. a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully

  Familiarity information: EXPERT used as a noun is very rare.

• EXPERT (adjective)
  The adjective EXPERT has 1 sense:

1. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

  Familiarity information: EXPERT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXPERT (noun)

Meaning:

A person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("expert" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "expert"):

old hand; old stager; old-timer; oldtimer; stager; veteran; warhorse (an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service)

parliamentarian (an expert in parliamentary rules and procedures)

out-and-outer (someone who is excellent at something)

commentator; observer (an expert who observes and comments on something)

mythologist (an expert on mythology)

mnemonist (an expert in the use of mnemonics; someone able to perform unusual feats of memory)

logician; logistician (a person skilled at symbolic logic)

lapidarist; lapidary (an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them)

jurist; legal expert (a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations)

past master (someone who has long and thorough experience in a given activity)

prosthetist (an expert in prosthetics)

pteridologist (an expert in the study of ferns)

healer; therapist (a person skilled in a particular type of therapy)

technocrat (an expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group)

technician (someone known for high skill in some intellectual or artistic technique)

talent (a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity)

specialiser; specialist; specializer (an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning)

shooter; shot (a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot))

shark (a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways)

guide; pathfinder; scout (someone who can find paths through unexplored territory)

investigator (someone who investigates)

horticulturist; plantsman (an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants))

archer; bowman (a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow)

arbiter; supreme authority (someone with the power to settle matters at will)

antiquarian; antiquary; archaist (an expert or collector of antiquities)

anatomist (an expert in anatomy)

analyst (an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions)

analyst (someone who is skilled at analyzing data)

all arounder; all-rounder (a versatile person who is expert at many things)

agronomist (an expert in soil management and field-crop production)

authority (an expert whose views are taken as definitive)

black belt (a person who attained the rank of expert in the martial arts (judo or karate))

cabalist; kabbalist (an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters)

geographer (an expert on geography)

genealogist (an expert in genealogy)

exegete (a person skilled in exegesis (especially of religious texts))

efficiency engineer; efficiency expert (an expert in increasing the efficient use of machines and personnel)

cosmetologist (an expert in the use of cosmetics)

computer expert; computer guru (an authority on computers and computing)

climatologist (someone who is expert in climatology)

calculator; computer; estimator; figurer; reckoner (an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines))

ace; adept; champion; genius; hotshot; maven; mavin; sensation; star; superstar; virtuoso; whiz; whizz; wiz; wizard (someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field)

• EXPERT (adjective)

Meaning:

Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

Synonyms:

adept; expert; practiced; proficient; skilful; skillful; good

Context examples:

adept in handicrafts / an adept juggler / an expert job / a good mechanic / a practiced marksman / a proficient engineer / a lesser-known but no less skillful composer / the effect was achieved by skillful retouching

Similar:

skilled (having or showing or requiring special skill)