- a person who studies or practises any of the sciences or who uses scientific methods
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
sci•en•tist /ˈsaɪəntɪst/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- 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 /ˈsaɪəntɪst/ n
'scientist' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
astronomer
- Bacon
- Bell
- boffin
- Christian Science
- Church of Christ, Scientist
- Empedocles
- Franklin
- Gaia hypothesis
- Galton
- Gates
- hard science
- Humboldt
- Laski
- od
- Pascal
- political science
- rocket science
- social science
- Stanhope
- Student's t
- Veblen
- Wootton
- Wozniak
- Adams
- Andrada e Silva
- Arendt
- Argand burner
- Becker
- bionic
- Blagonravov
- boehmite
- born
- Cassegrain telescope
- chandler
- Chewings fescue
- Christian Scientist
- Cs
- cutler
- distrustful
- double-team
- draegerman
- famous
- Gallo
- Gassendi
- geoscientist
- get
- grindelia
- hero
- hopper