connoisseur
connoisseur is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge of any art, particulary of one of the fine arts. The connoisseur is "one who knows," as opposed to the dilettant, who only "thinks he knows." Fairholt.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- academician
- academist
- acrobat
- adept
- admirable
- all
- and
- antiquarian
- antiquary
- archaeologist
- bibliomaniac
- bibliophile
- bigwig
- blade
- bluestocking
- bookworm
- business
- campaigner
- chef
- clean
- clerk
- conjuror
- crack
- cracksman
- cuisine
- cunning
- dab
- dabster
- dead
- deceiver
- doctor
- doctrinaire
- don
- donna
- education
- experienced
- expert
- eye
- feet
- fellow
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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