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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
As more older Americans step in to help with childcare for their own families, intergenerational programs have drawn growing interest from educators and aging specialists. — Fernanda Tronco, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 Gabriel Heaton, Sotheby’s books and manuscripts specialist, said the decision to offer the material as a single lot came from the strength of the archive as a whole. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Adjective
South Africa also included two specialist spinner Bjorn Fortuin and Keshav Maharaj with the tacky wicket expected to suit slow bowlers later in the game. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026 Boeing would have to find out what tooling still exists, rebuild jigs and dies, locate or replace hundreds of suppliers, requalify manufacturing processes, recruit specialist workers, and possibly redesign components that are no longer available. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 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
  • Arkansas communities need comprehensive access to all health-care professionals--including podiatrists--to keep patients healthy, prevent complications and reduce unnecessary costs.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
  • This format travels across the country uncovering uplifting, emotional and often surprising stories of pets, their owners and the veterinary professionals dedicated to their care.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of professional
Adjective
  • For each gene, the catalogue would ideally include its technical complexity, which methods can reliably analyze it, and document when a specialized test is required.
    — Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
  • At research-intensive institutions, critical knowledge is often distributed across specialized offices, sponsor websites, internal guidance, prior submissions and experienced staff.
    — Mayank Kejriwal, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of specialized
Noun
  • Joining them is script editor, story consultant and executive producer Jack Casey (Wren Boys, White Girl), who is also a story consultant on Black Church Bay, which screens at this year’s LFF.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
  • As coach and consultant Deborah Grayson Riegel observes on the Harvard Business Review podcast, effective delegation is associated with greater productivity.
    — Carol Geffner, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of consultant
Adjective
  • Nonpartisan expert committees of educators and librarians select the books, nearly all published by Penguin Random House.
    — Alex H. Poole, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026
  • But my favorite detail is the return of the expert podracer Sebulba from The Phantom Menace.
    — Hayes Madsen, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of expert
Noun
  • The chain’s restaurants were leased back to it under a 25-year master lease, which included 2% annual escalators, extending until the early 2040s, according to the initial deal terms.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • This year’s festival will also include a retrospective on the works of Japanese master filmmaker Kenji Mizoguchi.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of master
Adjective
  • But the less strictly technical procedure Serra describes is analogous to operations at stake in Jonas’s own work, implying that the act of measurement by walking and seeing is tacitly existential.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • For each gene, the catalogue would ideally include its technical complexity, which methods can reliably analyze it, and document when a specialized test is required.
    — Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of technical
Adjective
  • In the art context, institutions like Art Basel continue to craft special rules to accommodate the new money that only emerging markets like crypto seem able to supply.
    — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • An ever-changing lineup of special Balinese cultural experiences is also part of the private club deal.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
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