mavens

noun

variants also mavins
plural of maven
1
as in experts
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

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2
as in lovers
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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Recent Examples of mavens But other fairly savvy users among tech mavens don’t point to urgent needs that only Muse can satisfy. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 But recently, teaming with social mavens has proven to be a potentially dangerous game. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 21 Sep. 2026 They were joined by the period's flamboyant style mavens, the Marchesa Casati, Lady Ottoline Morrell, Mona Harrison Williams, and Diana Vreeland among them. — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026 Just ask style mavens Katie Holmes and Jennifer Aniston, who have both been spotted wearing the uber-comfortable Archies flip-flops. — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 14 June 2026 The neighborhood/area Connected to the Nakheel Mall via an internal ramp, mall mavens will be in their element here, especially given the 300 stores right on the doorstep. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026 Berlanti/Schechter Films, the feature banner run by prolific TV mavens Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter, is producing. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026 Spa mavens won’t want to miss out on a visit to the Greenhouse Spa & Salon, with a menu of classic massages, a hydrotherapy pool, aromatic showers, steam rooms, and heated ceramic loungers overlooking the ocean. — Aaron Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2026 Need even more proof that Teyana Taylor deserves her win over equally experimental makeup mavens Doja Cat, Rei Ami and Zara Larsson? — Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mavens
  1. experts
  2. lovers
  3. scholars
  4. fans
  5. adepts
  6. suckers
  7. masters
  8. enthusiasts
Noun
  • Many experts have recently argued that a key mission — combating climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions — has been failing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Star chefs from across the world flocked to the culinary hotspot for the 50 Best Restaurants 2026, a prestigious awards ceremony that crowns the top restaurants around the globe based on anonymous nominations from over a thousand industry experts.
    — Nathan Tavares, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of experts
Noun
  • Dylan’s sneer and Mick Ronson’s guitar jab like fingers in some intense argument, trying to win the pyrrhic victory of a lovers’ quarrel.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Now comes Netflix’s spin on the romantic comedy to end all romantic comedies, starring Emma Corrin and Jack Lowden as the characters at the center of literature’s original enemies-to-lovers trope.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of lovers
Noun
  • Historians, scholars and philosophers are stepping in to offer some solutions and warnings.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
  • He has been joined in recent years by tax-skeptical scholars at the Manhattan Institute and Tax Foundation.
    — M. Nolan Gray, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of scholars
Noun
  • Many le Carré fans adore the books as an antidote to the glossy, high-octane adventures of Ian Fleming’s superspy, James Bond.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • For a long time, fans thought the song was originally written for Selena Quintanilla, though Pulido dispelled the rumors in an interview.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of fans
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • How could anyone in the military support a repulsive, draft-dodging coward who called dead soldiers suckers and losers?
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The theory seems to be that there will always be another crop of suckers willing to pump money into the ecosystem, so the market will provide.
    — Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of suckers
Noun
  • Chinese architects, Rama says, got a free education from the western masters.
    — Fred A. Bernstein, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2026
  • California’s new Yankee masters were men of industry, which also sometimes looked like reckless plunder.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of masters
Noun
  • The Avant version of the RS5-R will remind enthusiasts of those beloved longroofs.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Keep reading to shop our top gifts for musicians and music enthusiasts at every ability level and budget for birthdays, holidays, graduation gifts and beyond.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of enthusiasts

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“Mavens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mavens. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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