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guru

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Synonyms and 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 of 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

pro, professional

consultant, hired gun, specialist

addict, aficionado (also afficionado), buff, devotee, enthusiast, fan

craftsman, journeyman

all-rounder [British], jack-of-all-trades, Renaissance man

Near Antonyms of guru

apprentice, beginner, neophyte, novice

dabbler, dilettante

layman, nonprofessional

Antonyms of guru

amateur, inexpert, nonexpert

2 one who brings an art or science to full realization

the leading guru of electronic music in the 1960s

Synonyms of guru

exponent, expounder, high priest, interpreter, practitioner

Words Related to guru

dean, doyen, grand old man

ideologue (also idealogue), philosopher, theorist

advocate, apostle, backer, booster, champion, promoter, proponent, supporter

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