physicist

noun

phys·​i·​cist ˈfi-zə-sist 

ˈfiz-sist

1

: a specialist in physics

2

archaic : a person skilled in natural science

Examples of physicist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But physicists have long suspected that at a subatomic level, there is a something that inherently controls how fast these changes can occur. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

This is what physicists call decoherence—the inability of many waves to show strong constructive interference. — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

After the war, at Bell Labs, the physicist William Shockley and two colleagues invented a switch that was smaller, faster, and didn’t explode. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Luci, a physicist obsessed with changing the past, must learn to accept the present. — Annika Pham, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for physicist

• geophysicist

Kids Definition

physicist

noun

phys·​i·​cist ˈfiz-(ə-)səst 

: a specialist in physics

Medical Definition

physicist

noun

phys·​i·​cist ˈfiz-(ə-)səst 

: a specialist in physics