a person who studies or practises any of the sciences or who uses scientific methods
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sci•en•tist /ˈsaɪəntɪst/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- an expert in science, esp. one of the physical or natural sciences.
sci•en•tist
(sī′ən tist),USA pronunciation n.
- an expert in science, esp. one of the physical or natural sciences.
- Latin scient(ia) science + -ist
- 1825–35
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'scientist' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Adams
- Andrada e Silva
- Arendt
- Argand burner
- Bacon
- Becker
- Bell
- Blagonravov
- Cassegrain telescope
- Chewings fescue
- Christian Science
- Christian Scientist
- Church of Christ, Scientist
- Cs
- Empedocles
- Franklin
- Gaia hypothesis
- Gallo
- Galton
- Gassendi
- Gates
- Humboldt
- Johne's disease
- Kendrew
- Laski
- Lavoisier
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Lomonosov
- Lowell
- Lubbock
- Magnus effect
- Maury
- McNaughton
- Mumford
- Pascal
- Stanhope
- Student's t
- Veblen
- Wootton
- Wozniak
- astronomer
- bacon
- bell
- bionic
- boehmite
- boffin
- born
- chandler
- cutler
- distrustful