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1
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
- an investment maven, he was doing well even when the market was doing poorly
Synonyms for maven
- ace,
- adept,
- artist,
- authority,
- cognoscente,
- connoisseur,
- crackerjack
- (also crackajack),
- dab
- [chiefly British],
- dab hand
- [chiefly British],
- expert,
- fiend,
- geek,
- guru,
- hand,
- hotshot,
- maestro,
- master,
- meister,
- past master,
- proficient,
- scholar,
- shark,
- sharp,
- virtuoso,
- whiz,
- wizard
Words Related to maven
- addict,
- aficionado
- (also afficionado),
- buff,
- devotee,
- enthusiast,
- fan
- all-rounder
- [British],
- jack-of-all-trades,
- Renaissance man
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2
a person with a strong and habitual liking for something
- a science-fiction maven who could talk for hours about fictional technology
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The first known use of maven was in 1950
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