COGNOSCENTI Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

cognoscenti

noun

plural of cognoscente

as in scholars

a person having a knowledgeable and fine appreciation of the arts a cognoscente of medieval painting

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as in experts

a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field cognoscenti in the art world knew that most of the works being auctioned off were second-rate stuff

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Noun

In recent years, some scholars have proposed reexamining them as a framework for the legal rights of nature.

— Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 16 Sep. 2026
Activist networks and legal scholars are rehearsing doomsday scenarios, planning mass protests and advising judges on ballot seizures and ICE deployments, underscoring fears that the midterms could stress-test American democracy.

— Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of scholars

Noun

AmaWaterways arranges pre- and post-cruise stays of several nights in both cities with luxury accommodations, cultural exploration led by local experts, and transfers between hotel and ship.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
The exact circumstances in each nation differ, but vaccination gaps are a common thread, leading some experts to question if more catastrophic measles outbreaks are around the corner.

— Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of experts

Noun

Thankfully, the crew of The Pitt held it down for the fashion connoisseurs who stayed up late to see the stars who took the opportunity to switch things up for Emmys after-parties.

— Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2026
Wine connoisseurs at a blind tasting in which stemware is passed through portholes look like peep show patrons.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of connoisseurs

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Still, the question of what Ebel was doing with his adepts swept through Prussia, dominating the newspapers that had only recently begun to emerge from their eighteenth-century chronicling of obligations to a more modern publicizing role.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
He was investigated by the SS on the orders of Heinrich Himmler but convinced his investigators, all adepts of Deutsche Physik, that he was engaged in worthwhile teaching and research.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025

Definition of adepts

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What Cregger and co-writer Shay Hatten (both original devotees of the video game) have done is complete reinvention.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
Casinos offer voluntary self-exclusion programs for compulsive gamblers; birth plans allow devotees of natural labor to deny their future selves an epidural.

— Meghan O’Gieblyn, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of devotees

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The title refers not only to the horror film my protagonist, Maya, is trying to make, but also to the city’s new masters and to those living in a zombified state of willful ignorance.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
This year’s Cannes Film Festival was overstuffed with masters of European and Asian cinema — Hamaguchi, Farhadi, Almodóvar, Kore-eda, Mungiu, Pawlikowski, Zvyagintsev and so on.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of masters

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The store pulled a children’s Halloween costume from its shelves Monday after widespread social media backlash over a garment that critics said evoked painful memories of racist minstrel caricatures.

— Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026
Bestselling authors, fervent theater-goers, and culture critics alike have all heralded the production as a special chapter in the canon of Black theater.

— Emmalee Reed, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of critics

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Conductor Gustavo Dudamel’s arrival at the New York Philharmonic has triggered a rhapsody in the city’s classical-music scene—particularly among the young virtuosos of the Juilliard School, shot here with some of the Philharmonic’s key players.

— Theo Wenner, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2026
The decade featured some of the most revered and celebrated virtuosos to ever walk the planet, both critically and commercially.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026

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