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noun

Definition of specialistnext
as in professional
a person who has a lot of training, knowledge, or skill in a particular area She was a specialist in chemical engineering with many years of experience.

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adjective

variants or specialistic
as in specialized
involving, related to, or being special skills or knowledge needed to do a particular job The job requires specialist knowledge.

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Recent Examples of specialist
Noun
Lawrence Goshon, a violence prevention specialist at Denver Youth Program, said no one should bring a gun to a nightclub. — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 27 July 2026 Board member Gilbert Dávila, a longtime marketing and diversity specialist, didn’t receive enough votes to stay on the board and resigned. — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
Adjective
And Apple offers kits for user battery replacements — and super specialist tools are not required. — Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 That more goals are scored with regular penalties than in shootouts is quite common, probably a result of more specialist penalty takers taking regular penalties, and higher pressure on each kicker in shootouts. — Geir Jordet, New York Times, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for specialist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for specialist
  1. professional
  2. specialized
  3. consultant
  4. expert
  5. master
  6. technical
  7. special
Noun
  • More than just a database, the MLS is the technology real estate professionals rely on to discover new listings, match buyers with homes, and share accurate property information.
    — Heartland MLS®, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
  • And the startup couldn’t quite crack the market for professionals like marketers and salespeople because it wasn’t connected to their data and did not have the context needed to make good presentations.
    — Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of professional
Adjective
  • The competitive edge is shifting from raw model intelligence to efficient operations, specialized data, and infrastructure control.
    — Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Reinforcements brought the deployment to 420 firefighters, including 20 specialized forest-fire teams, backed by 19 aircraft and 11 helicopters.
    — Thomas Adamson, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of specialized
Noun
  • That disconnect is what leadership researcher and consultant Cory Scheer explores in his book Closing the Trust Gap.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
  • Plaintiff David Figueroa’s lawsuit said he was hired as a retail sales consultant on February 2, 2026, and was supervised by store manager Sully Fuentes Peterson.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026
Definition of consultant
Adjective
  • The documentary will feature diverse expert opinions and a family exploring holistic alternatives to medication, aiming to provide crucial context for parents and professionals and prompt deeper questions about contemporary life's effects.
    — Rick Ellis, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • The trial will be held in federal court in Oakland, and will depend heavily on expert testimony from economists.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 31 July 2026
Definition of expert
Noun
  • The competition series featured masters of shamanism, tarot, face and foot reading, saju and other divination disciplines competing in challenges that tested their abilities, using tools including fans, bells, dowsing rods and modern-day laptops.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 July 2026
  • This story covers the rise of robots rebelling against their masters.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of master
Adjective
  • American Fortress has filed a patent for post-quantum transaction signing, but a filing establishes priority, not proof; its technical paper has not been published, and the design has not been publicly audited.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The pilot plant is intended to close the technical gap between mining antimony-bearing ore and producing material suitable for defense applications.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of technical
Adjective
  • That’s a special achievement at Goodwood, which in person feels exclusive but not quite exclusionary.
    — Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, offensive linemen, defensive linemen, linebackers, defensive backs and special teams have already been announced.
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 31 July 2026
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