Synonyms of pharmacists

pharmacists

noun

plural of pharmacist

as in chemists

a person who prepares drugs according to a doctor's prescription

the pharmacist caught an error in the prescription's dosage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chemists
• druggists
• apothecaries
• pharmacologists

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pharmacists

More than 800 union pharmacists at supermarkets in Southern California have authorized an unfair labor practice strike, labor officials said Friday. — Pat Maio, Oc Register, 17 July 2026

Some pharmacists have had patients come in seeking TrumpRx prices, says Ronna Hauser, the senior vice president of policy and pharmacy affairs for the National Community Pharmacists Association. — Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 16 July 2026

People were more likely to overdose, and the drug market moved from pharmacists into the hands of street dealers. — James Tuttle, The Conversation, 9 July 2026

His family had been a family of doctors and pharmacists, small landowners whose properties had been passed from generation to generation for centuries. — Angelica Calabrese, Longreads, 7 July 2026

Walmart has 15,000 pharmacists, roughly half of whom have been with the company for more than a decade, Host said. — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 1 July 2026

Legislators in at least a dozen states passed laws this year to limit compensation to the companies, set minimum payments from the companies to pharmacists and require the companies to disclose more information to their clients, states and the public. — John Hanna, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026

Some said pharmacists could overcharge for a drug that normally costs pennies per pill. — ABC News, 17 June 2026

Nurses, doctors and pharmacists, as well as health groups such as the American Heart Association (AHA) and American Cancer Society (ACS), had the broad support of 80 percent or more of respondents. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 9 June 2026