specialist
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French spécialiste, equivalent to special + -ist.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈspɛʃəlɪst/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]specialist (comparative more specialist, superlative most specialist)
- (UK) Specialised, involving detailed knowledge of a restricted topic.
- 2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: Special Award: Signal Box Restoration”, in RAIL, number 946, page 57:
- This was a highly specialist job, and it has been very carefully carried out so that it is very hard to see that these windows are now modern replacements.
Noun
[edit]specialist (plural specialists)
- Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
- Synonyms: aficionado, enthusiast, connoisseur
- (sports) A player on a team who primarily employs one particular skill or takes one particular role.
- Antonym: all-rounder
- (medicine) A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.
- Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:physician
- 1964 September 24, “ROBERT L. HUTTON, DIAGNOSTICIAN, 83; Internist Dies —Had Been on Lincoln Hospital Staff”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 January 2025:
- Dr. Robert Leroy Hutton, a retired specialist in internal medicine and a well‐known diagnostician, died yesterday here.
- 2017 June 3, Jamie Koufman, “The Specialists’ Stranglehold on Medicine”, in The New York Times[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 November 2025:
- Most Americans mistakenly believe that they must see specialists for almost every medical problem.
- (US, military) Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.
- An organism that is specialized for a particular environment.
- The tree Lepidothamnus laxifolius is a high alpine specialist found in high-altitude bog communities and in scrub.
- A stenotopic species.
- A sixth-former at Eton College.
Antonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]expert
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physician
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army rank
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Further reading
[edit]
specialist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “specialist”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Via German Spezialist, from French spécialiste.
Noun
[edit]specialist c (singular definite specialisten, plural indefinite specialister)
- a specialist
- Synonym: expert
- Antonym: generalist
Declension
[edit]| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | specialist | specialisten | specialister | specialisterne |
| genitive | specialists | specialistens | specialisters | specialisternes |
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[edit]References
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French spécialiste. Equivalent to speciaal + -ist.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˌspeː.ʃaːˈlɪst/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: spe‧ci‧a‧list
- Rhymes: -ɪst
Noun
[edit]specialist m (plural specialisten, diminutive specialistje n, female equivalent specialiste)
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Indonesian: spesialis
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French spécialiste. By surface analysis, special + -ist.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]specialist m (plural specialiști, feminine equivalent specialistă)
- specialist
- Synonym: expert
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | specialist | specialistul | specialiști | specialiștii |
| genitive-dative | specialist | specialistului | specialiști | specialiștilor |
| vocative | specialistule | specialiștilor | ||
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]specialist c
- a specialist
- Antonym: generalist
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | specialist | specialists |
| definite | specialisten | specialistens | |
| plural | indefinite | specialister | specialisters |
| definite | specialisterna | specialisternas |
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[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “specialist”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “specialist”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “specialist”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
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