EXPERT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does expert mean? 

• EXPERT (noun)
  The noun EXPERT has 1 sense:

1. a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully

  Familiarity information: EXPERT used as a noun is very rare.

• EXPERT (adjective)
  The adjective EXPERT has 2 senses:

1. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

2. of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood

  Familiarity information: EXPERT used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXPERT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("expert" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "expert"):

prosthetist (an expert in prosthetics)

jurist; legal expert (a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations)

lapidarist; lapidary (an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them)

logician; logistician (a person skilled at symbolic logic)

mnemonist (an expert in the use of mnemonics; someone able to perform unusual feats of memory)

mythologist (an expert on mythology)

nerd (an intelligent but single-minded expert in a particular technical field or profession)

commentator; observer (an expert who observes and comments on something)

out-and-outer (someone who is excellent at something)

parliamentarian (an expert in parliamentary rules and procedures)

past master (someone who has long and thorough experience in a given activity)

investigator (someone who investigates)

pteridologist (an expert in the study of ferns)

guide; pathfinder; scout (someone who can find paths through unexplored territory)

shark (a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways)

shooter; shot (a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot))

specialiser; specialist; specializer (an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning)

talent (a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity)

technician (someone known for high skill in some intellectual or artistic technique)

technocrat (an expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group)

healer; therapist (a person skilled in a particular type of therapy)

old-timer; old hand; old stager; oldtimer; stager; veteran; warhorse (an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service)

cabalist; kabbalist (an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters)

agronomist (an expert in soil management and field-crop production)

all-rounder; all arounder (a versatile person who is expert at many things)

analyst (someone who is skilled at analyzing data)

analyst (an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions)

anatomist (an expert in anatomy)

antiquarian; antiquary; archaist (an expert or collector of antiquities)

arbiter; supreme authority (someone with the power to settle matters at will)

archer; bowman (a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow)

authority (an expert whose views are taken as definitive)

black belt (a person who attained the rank of expert in the martial arts (judo or karate))

ace; adept; champion; genius; hotshot; maven; mavin; sensation; star; superstar; virtuoso; whiz; whizz; wiz; wizard (someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field)

calculator; computer; estimator; figurer; reckoner (an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines))

climatologist (someone who is expert in climatology)

computer expert; computer guru (an authority on computers and computing)

cosmetologist (an expert in the use of cosmetics)

efficiency engineer; efficiency expert (an expert in increasing the efficient use of machines and personnel)

exegete (a person skilled in exegesis (especially of religious texts))

genealogist (an expert in genealogy)

geographer (an expert on geography)

horticulturist; plantsman (an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants))

• EXPERT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

Synonyms:

adept; expert; good; practiced; proficient; skilful; skillful

Context example:

the effect was achieved by skillful retouching

Similar:

skilled (having or showing or requiring special skill)

Derivation:

expertness (skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood

Synonyms:

expert; technical

Context example:

technical language

Similar:

skilled (having or showing or requiring special skill)

Derivation:

expertise (skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge)

 Context examples 

The researchers say this may yield new insights into the development of planetary systems and may cause experts to revisit theories of how moons form around planets.

(Astronomers Find First Evidence of Possible Moon Outside Our Solar System, NASA)

Associate Professor Bircan Erbas, from La Trobe's School of Psychology and Public Health, is an expert in asthma and allergies, who co-supervised the trial.

(Fish-Rich Diet Beneficial for Children with Asthma, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Orbit prediction experts say the asteroid poses no risk of impact with Earth.

(Asteroid Tracking Network Observes Close Approach, NASA)

Advanced practice nurses are expert clinicians engaged in active practice.

(Advanced practice nurse, NCI Thesaurus)

Treatment that is accepted by medical experts as a proper treatment for a certain type of disease and that is widely used by healthcare professionals.

(Best practice, NCI Dictionary)

It is regarded by many experts as a superficial form of malignant fibrous histiocytoma.

(Atypical Fibroxanthoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Today, while we're waiting for experts to agree on this, it's time to implement precautionary measures.

(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)

Yes; all the advantages of sitting still when he ought to move, and of leading a life of mere idle pleasure, and fancying himself extremely expert in finding excuses for it.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Although mushroom experts can identify deadly mushrooms just by looking at their appearance, experts cannot see the toxin chemicals that lurk inside.

(New Test Identifies Poisonous Mushrooms, Agricultural Research Service)

This is the only time in your life that you will have both Pluto and Saturn to help you at the same time, so think of them as high-priced experts….

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)