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Synonyms & Antonyms of guru
1
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
- one of those weather gurus that the television networks always drag out whenever there's a big blizzard brewing
Synonyms for guru
- ace,
- adept,
- artist,
- authority,
- cognoscente,
- connoisseur,
- crackerjack
- (also crackajack),
- dab
- [chiefly British],
- dab hand
- [chiefly British],
- expert,
- fiend,
- geek,
- hand,
- hotshot,
- maestro,
- master,
- maven
- (also mavin),
- meister,
- past master,
- proficient,
- scholar,
- shark,
- sharp,
- virtuoso,
- whiz,
- wizard
Words Related to guru
- addict,
- aficionado
- (also afficionado),
- buff,
- devotee,
- enthusiast,
- fan
- all-rounder
- [British],
- jack-of-all-trades,
- Renaissance man
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2
one who brings an art or science to full realization
- the leading guru of electronic music in the 1960s
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The first known use of guru was in 1613
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