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Definition: Specialist |
SpecialistAdjective1. Showing focused training; "specialist training". Noun1. An expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning. 2. Practices one branch of medicine. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "specialist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1866. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Avian | A species with narrow food preferences, habitat preferences, or both (after Ricklefs 1979:871) (see Generalist). (references) |
Finance | A stock exchange member who is designated to maintain a fair and orderly market in a specific stock. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | In medicine, one who concentrates on 1 special branch of medical science. (references) |
Law | A)skilled worker:worker or labor with skill and training in a particular occupation, craft, or trade and full competence fo a task b)journeyman:a qualified, skilled tradesman who has completed a special apprenticeship program and mastered a specific skill or craft. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: SpecialistSynonyms: specialist(a) (adj), specialistic (adj), medical specialist (n), specializer (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: Renaissance man (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Mart | Broker, stockbroker, jobber, stock dealer, odd-lot dealer; specialist. |
Remedy | Doctor, physician, surgeon; medical practitioner, general practitioner, specialist; medical attendant, apothecary, druggist; leech; osteopath, osteopathist; optometrist, ophthalmologist; internist, oncologist, gastroenterologist; epidemiologist, public health specialist; dermatologist; podiatrist; witch doctor, shaman, faith healer, quack, exorcist; Aesculapius, Hippocrates, Galen; accoucheur, accoucheuse, midwife, oculist, aurist; operator; nurse, registered nurse, practical nurse, monthly nurse, sister; nurse's aide, candystriper; dresser; bonesetter; pharmaceutist, pharmacist, druggist, chemist, pharmacopolist. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Quick word, Specialist. (Black Hawk Down; writing credit: Ken Nolan) My chosen specialist subject. (Oliver's Travels; writing credit: Alan Plater) | |
Lyrics | He soon became a specialist, specializing in diseases of the rich. (In Old Mexico; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Specialist (1966) | |
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 | Fuels specialist from the 375th Logistics Support Squadron at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. |  | Irwin Rosenfeld, nitrate film specialist. |
 | FAMU, Farm Management Specialist; Glyen Holmes, NRCS Outreach Coordinator; Robbie Robertson, NRCS Soil Conservation Tech.; and Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor, discuss the Aucilla PL-566 project. [Slide 97CS3074]. Credit: Bob Nichols. |  | Robbie Robertson, NRCS Soil Conservation Tech; Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor; Glyen Holmes, NRCS Outreach Coordinator, and FAMU, Farm Management Specialist, discuss the Aucilla PL-566 project. [Slide 97CS3075]. Credit: Bob Nichols. |
 | NRCS grassland specialist Mark Kennedy, left, advises southwestern Missouri rancher Joe Ewing about the condition of grass in one of Ewing's paddocks. Credit: Charlie Rahm. |  | James Watterson, NRCS nutrient-management specialist, discusses options with McDonald County poultry farmer Tom Swaffar. Credit: Charlie Rahm. |
 | Martha Artega, NRCS, Public Affairs Specialist, works with children on a conservation education project in Roma, Texas. Credit: USDA. |  | Lady Dietrich (left) and Sophia Glenn (right), FAMU, Farm Management Specialist inspect the strawberries Dietrich grows as a U-Pick operation in Campbellton, FL. Credit: USDA. |
 | Forest Service Recreation Specialist , looks over the fall foliage from the top of a hiking trail in the Green Mountains National Forest, VT. Credit: USDA. |  | Wildlife specialist, Garth Ross, bands a Spotted Owl chick for the owl census. Credit: Unknown. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Dental and hair problems may be treated by a specialist. (references) | |
Ask your family doctor for the name of a local eye care specialist. (references) | ||
If your doctor said you should see an additional specialist, make an appointment. (references) | ||
Business | In such cases, specialist advice is essential. (references) | |
There are few specialist medical device distributors in the United Kingdom. (references) | ||
Public tenders are publicized in daily newspapers, official newsletters and specialist journals. (references) | ||
Children | Peru | The law prohibits discrimination, mandates that public spaces be barrier-free and that buildings be architecturally accessible, and provides for the appointment of a disability rights specialist in the Human Rights Ombudsman's office. (references) |
Economic History | Belgium | Includes a visit by a Commercial Service Trade Specialist. (references) |
Mexico | Local production is an estimation of the sector specialist. (references) | |
Political Economy | Guatemala | On June 8, a court convicted an army captain, a retired army colonel, a former EMP specialist, and a Catholic priest for the 1998 murder of Catholic bishop and human rights activist Juan Gerardi Conedera. (references) |
Trade | Japan | Japan's venture capital specialist funds are only half the size of those in the United States. (references) |
Switzerland | The foreign-controlled "other banks" established as limited companies cover a wide variety of specialist areas. (references) | |
Travel | Slovak Rep | We recommend arranging an appointment prior to departure from the United States to make sure the right specialist is available when you are in Slovakia. (references) |
Worker Rights | South Africa | Notwithstanding the existence of the CCMA and specialist courts for labor disputes, the aim of industrial relations is to minimize the need for judicial intervention in labor relations, leaving it to the contending parties to resolve disputes whenever possible. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | CONNOISSEUR, n. A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else. An old wine-bibber having been smashed in a railway collision, some wine was pouted on his lips to revive him. "Pauillac, 1873," he murmured and died. |
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John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | We salute Specialist James Allen Johnson who died on the border of South Korea. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | You should have the right to see a specialist. |
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| "Specialist" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 76.82% of the time. "Specialist" is used about 2,806 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 76.82% | 2,156 | 4,050 |
| Noun (singular) | 23.18% | 650 | 10,052 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,806 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| South Africa | Financial Insourcing Specialist Limited |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "specialist": beauty specialist ♦ child specialist ♦ ear specialist ♦ eye specialist ♦ fingerprint specialist ♦ heart specialist ♦ internal specialist ♦ lung specialist ♦ medical specialist ♦ narrow specialist ♦ research specialist ♦ specialist in criminal law ♦ specialist in literature ♦ specialist investigation ♦ specialist press ♦ specialist supplier ♦ throat specialist. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "specialist": specialist-expert, specialist-generic, specialist-taught. | |
Ending with "specialist": non-specialist. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "specialist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | specialist (connoisseur, nark). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | متخصص (expert, specialized), المتخصص (particularist), الضليع في, الأختصاصي في, الأخصائي, إختصاصي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | специалист (adept, authority, dab, dabster, fancier, pro, professional, proficient, shark). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 專門 (customized, specialized), 專家 (expert), "业人员. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | specialista (expert), odborník (expert, practitioner, professional, scholar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | speciallaege, specialist, faglaert arbejder (expert, journeyman, qualified worker, skilled artisan, skilled labour, skilled labourer, skilled worker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | specialist (expert), kenner (expert), expert (expert), deskundige (authority, expert). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | fakulo (expert), eksperto (expert). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | serfrøðingur (expert). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | متخصص (Adhoc, Expert, Proficient), ویژه کار (Expert), ویژه گر (Expert). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | asiantuntija (authority, expert). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | spécialiste. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Facharzt (consultant), Spezialist, Spezialarzt, fachmann (expert, technican, technician). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ειδικόσ (especial, expert, special, specific), ειδικός ιατρός (consultant), ειδικευμένος εργάτης (expert, journeyman, qualified worker, skilled artisan, skilled labour, skilled labourer, skilled worker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מומח" (adept, dab, expert, master, past master). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szakember (expert, floater, pro, professional, technician, whiz), szakorvos, szak- (consulting), specialista. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pakar (expert), ahli (ace, connoisseur, expert, highly competent, profession, skilled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | specialista (expert). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 専門家 , 専属 (attached to, exclusive), スペクトル分析 (special, special license player, specification, spectrogram, spectrograph, spectrum analysis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せ"ぞく (attached to, exclusive), せ"も"か (specialization), スペシャリスト . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 문가 (Expert, Professional). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malay | ahli (expert). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sur-oayllee. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | bakianu (expert), bakiá (expert), baké (expert). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ecialistspay especialista (expert). (various references) specialist (adept, authority on, expert, fancier, judge, keyman, oner at, practitioner, professional man), expert (Ace, adept, authority, connoisseur, dab, dabster, Don, expert, proficient). (various references) специалист (expert personnel, master, outside expert, past master, technician). (various references) stručnjak (authority, dabster, expert, savant), specijalista (dabster), znalac (connoisseur). (various references) especialista (expert, stuntman, stuntwoman). (various references) specialist (expert). (various references) ผู้ชำนาญเฉพาะทาง. (various references) uzmanlık gerektiren (specialistic), uzman doktor (consultant, regular doctor), uzman (adept, authority, connoisseur, dab, dabster, Don, expert, fiend, judge, oracle, professional, proficient, regular, technician), mütehassıs (consultant, professional), cober, bílírkíxí (expert). (various references) spesalist (r). (various references) спеціаліст, фахівець (dabster, expert, guru, technician). (various references) nh chuyên khoa, chuyên viên (consultant), chuyên gia (authority, expert, proficient). (various references) arbenigwr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | artifex, auricularium. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "specialist": specialistic, specialists. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "specialist": nonspecialist, subspecialist, superspecialist. (additional references) | |
Words containing "specialist": nonspecialists, subspecialists, superspecialists. (additional references) | |
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"Specialist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: secialist, serialist, specialis, specialise, specijalci. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "specialist" (pronounced spe"shulust) |
| 6 | -sh u l u s t | socialist. |
| 5 | -u l u s t | agriculturalist, analyst, capitalist, catalyst, colonialist, conversationalist, cyclist, editorialist, environmentalist, federalist, finalist, formalist, fundamentalist, generalist, gentlest, herbalist, humblest, imperialist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, internationalist, journalist, littlest, loyalist, materialist, medalist, mercantilist, monopolist, motorcyclist, nationalist, naturalist, neutralist, novelist, panelist, photojournalist, populist, psychoanalyst, semifinalist, spiritualist, stablest, survivalist, televangelist, traditionalist, ultranationalist, vocalist. |
| 4 | -l u s t | ablest, ballast, bicyclist, calloused, cellist, coolest, cruelest, dullest, fullest, idealist, noblest, palest, simplest, smallest, tallest, violist. |
| 3 | -u s t | abolitionist, abortionist, absolutist, accompanist, activist, agonist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, artist, atheist, August, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, biggest, biochemist, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, canoeist, canvassed, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cultist, darkest, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dumbest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, economist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, extremist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finest, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, freest, freshest, friendliest, funnest, funniest, furthest, geneticist, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humorist, hygienist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, impressionist, interest, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, meanest, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, newest, noisiest, noncommunist, nonconformist, noninterest, noticed, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, pathologist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, sweetest, swiftest, tannest, technologist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, virologist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-i-l-p-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: silicates, tieclasps. | |
-2 letters: ciliates, eclipsis, elastics, episcias, epitasis, escapist, laicises, pitiless, plastics, scaliest, septical, silicate, slipcase, spaciest, specials, spiciest, tieclasp. | |
-3 letters: aplites, aplitic, ascites, aseptic, aspects, capless, caplets, castles, cesspit, ciliate, ectasis, elastic, elicits, episcia, espials, italics, laciest, laicise, laities, lapises, latices, liaises, lipases, paliest, palsies, pastels, pasties, pastils, patsies, pelitic, petsais, pistils. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-i-l-p-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: capitalises, plasticines, plasticizes, specialists, specialties. | |
+2 letters: plasticities, plasticizers, specialistic, specialities. | |
+3 letters: neoplasticism, neoplasticist, nonspecialist, personalistic, physicalities, pictorialness, specularities, subspecialist. | |
+4 letters: apostolicities, neoplasticisms, neoplasticists, nonspecialists, particularises, precapitalists, processability, quasiparticles, specialisation, subspecialists, subspecialties. | |
+5 letters: exceptionalisms, implicativeness, pessimistically, pictorialnesses, sophisticatedly, specialisations, specializations, superplasticity, superspecialist, ultraprecisions. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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