chemist

/ˈkɛmɪst/

chemist noun: a person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.

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Noun

chemist (plural chemists)

A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.
- It was Oxford now—the matriculation photograph, posed in the stony front quad at Corpus, the pelican on top of the sundial appearing to sit on the head of the lanky, begowned chemist at the centre of the back row.1988, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 3, in The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 60
- As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their...2013 August 10, “A new prescription”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2020
(Australia, New Zealand, Nigeria, UK, Ghana) Synonym of pharmacist.

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pharmacist
(Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, UK) Synonym of pharmacy, especially as a standalone shop or general store.

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pharmacy
(obsolete) An alchemist.

chemist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

chemist in Hindi

person working in chemistry: रसायन विज्ञानी rasāyan vijñānī, रसायनज्ञ rasāynajña

chemist in Tamil

வேதியியல் வல்லுநர், வேதியியலாளர், மருந்து தயாரிக்கும் நிபுணர்

chemist in Bengali

রসায়নবিদ, ঔষধ বিক্রেতা

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chemist in Telugu: రసాయనశాస్త్రజ్ఞుడు rasāyanaśāstrajñuḍu
chemist in Malayalam: രസതന്ത്രജ്ഞൻ
chemist in Kannada: ಮದ್ದುಗ madduga
chemist in Gujarati: કેમિસ્ટ kemisṭ
chemist in Sanskrit: रसायनज्ञ rasāyanajña
chemist in Arabic: كِيمِيَائِيّ kīmiyāʔiyy
chemist in Indonesian: kimiawan
chemist in Persian: شیمیدان šimi-dân
chemist in Thai: นักเคมี nák-kee-mii
chemist in Vietnamese: nhà hoá học

Examples of chemist in a sentence

The physical chemist lased the atoms as they passed between the electrodes to study their motion.
He does not have much of a standing as a chemist.
Niklaus Gerber was a Swiss dairy chemist and industrialist.

All 37 example sentences with chemist

Synonyms of chemist

Forms of chemist

plural	chemists
alternative form (obsolete)	chimist
alternative form (obsolete)	chymist

Plural of chemist: chemists

Origin of chemist

First attested 1562, borrowed from French chimiste, from Medieval Latin chimista, from earlier alchimista (literally “alchemist”), from Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), with article اَلْ (al-) + Ancient Greek χυμεία (khumeía, “art of alloying metals”), from χύμα (khúma, “fluid”), from χυμός (khumós, “juice”), from χέω (khéō, “to pour”). The pronunciation with initial /k/ is based on the Graeco-Latin etymology rather than on the French word, where the pronunciation with /ʃ/ is based on native French orthography. As a synonym for pharmacy, a metonymous use of the proprietor to stand for their shop.

Words formed from chemist

Phrases with chemist

chemist shops

Questions about chemist

What does chemist mean?: Chemist means a person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.
What is chemist in Hindi?: Chemist in Hindi is रसायन विज्ञानी (rasāyan vijñānī), रसायनज्ञ (rasāynajña). See Chemist meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is chemist?: Chemist is a noun.
How do you pronounce chemist?: Chemist is pronounced /ˈkɛmɪst/.
What is the plural of chemist?: The plural of chemist is chemists.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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