scientist
scientist 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 learned in science; a scientific investigator; one devoted to scientific study; a savant. [Recent] Note: Twenty years ago I ventured to propose one [a name for the class of men who give their lives to scientific study] which has been slowly finding its way to general adoption; and the word scientist, though scarcely euphonious, has gradually assumed its place in our vocabulary. B. A. Gould (Address, 1869).
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- academician
- academist
- admirable
- and
- antiquarian
- antiquary
- archaeologist
- bibliomaniac
- bibliophile
- bigwig
- bluestocking
- bookworm
- clerk
- connoisseur
- doctor
- doctrinaire
- don
- education
- feet
- fellow
- genius
- glossographer
- good
- gownsman
- graduate
- grammarian
- illuminati
- learned
- learner
- learning
- lexicographer
- lexicologist
- linguist
- literary
- literati
- litterateur
- man
- manifold
- master
- math
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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