specialist
/ˈspɛʃəlɪst/
specialist adjective: specialised, involving detailed knowledge of a restricted topic.
Adjective
specialist (comparative more specialist, superlative most specialist)
- Specialised, involving detailed knowledge of a restricted topic.
- 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.2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: Special Award: Signal Box Restoration”, in RAIL, number 946, page 57
Noun
specialist (plural specialists)
- Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
- Synonyms:
- aficionado, enthusiast, connoisseur
- A player on a team who primarily employs one particular skill or takes one particular role.
- Antonyms:
- all-rounder
- A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.
- Dr. Robert Leroy Hutton, a retired specialist in internal medicine and a well‐known diagnostician, died yesterday here.1964 September 24, “ROBERT L. HUTTON, DIAGNOSTICIAN, 83; Internist Dies —Had Been on Lincoln Hospital Staff”, in The New York Times
- Most Americans mistakenly believe that they must see specialists for almost every medical problem.2017 March 6, Jamie Koufman, “The Specialists’ Stranglehold on Medicine”, in The New York Times
- 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.
specialist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
specialist in Hindi
- expert
- विशेषज्ञ viśeṣajña
specialist in Tamil
- நிபுணர், வல்லுநர்
specialist in Urdu
- expert
- ماہِر māhir, مُتَخَصِّص mutaxassis
specialist in Bengali
- expert
- বিশেষজ্ঞ biśeśojno
More languagesFewer languages
- specialist in Telugu
- స్పెషలిస్ట్
- specialist in Malayalam
- പ്രത്യേക വിഷയത്തിൽ വിദഗ്ദ്ധൻ, വിശിഷ്ട വൈദ്യൻ
- specialist in Kannada
- ತಜ್ಞ, ಪರಿಣತ, ನಿಷ್ಣಾತ, ಪ್ರವೀಣ
- specialist in Punjabi
- ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ੱਗ viśeśagga
- specialist in Assamese
- তীখৰ tikhor
- specialist in Pashto
- ماهر māher, متخصص motaxases
- specialist in Tagalog
- dalubtangi, espesyalista
- specialist in Arabic
- مُتَخَصِّص mutaḵaṣṣiṣ, مُتَخَصِّصَة mutaḵaṣṣiṣa, خَبِير ḵabīr, خَبِيرَة ḵabīra
- specialist in Malay
- pakar, pakar perubatan
- specialist in Indonesian
- spesialis, eksper, dokter spesialis
- specialist in Thai
- ผู้เชี่ยวชาญ pûu-chîao-chaan
- specialist in Vietnamese
- nhà chuyên môn
- specialist in Myanmar
- ပါရဂူ para.gu, ကျွမ်းကျင်သူ kywam:kyangsu
Examples of specialist in a sentence
- Before his first walking holiday, he went to a specialist outfitter to buy some boots.
- Rouge Dragon Pursuivant is a specialist in heraldry at the College of Arms.
- I sent the film to a specialist lab for development.
Synonyms of specialist
Antonyms
Forms of specialist
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more specialist |
| superlative | most specialist |
| Noun | |
| plural | specialists |
Origin of specialist
Borrowed from French spécialiste, equivalent to special + -ist.
Words formed from specialist
Questions about specialist
- What does specialist mean?
- Specialist means specialised, involving detailed knowledge of a restricted topic.
- What is specialist in Hindi?
- Specialist in Hindi is विशेषज्ञ (viśeṣajña). See Specialist meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is specialist?
- Specialist can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce specialist?
- Specialist is pronounced /ˈspɛʃəlɪst/.
Words near specialist in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: specialist (page history and authors); specialist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); specialist (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); specialist (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); specialist (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); তীখৰ (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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