Synonyms of specialists

specialists

noun

plural of specialist

as in professionals

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.

Related Words

• professionals
• consultants
• masters
• experts
• scholars
• pros
• proficients
• artists
• virtuosos
• gurus
• advisers
• wizards
• adepts
• connoisseurs
• hands
• maestros
• hotshots
• craftsmen
• mavens
• counselors
• past masters
• enthusiasts
• cognoscenti
• geeks
• sharps
• aficionados
• sharks
• fans
• authorities
• counsels
• devotees
• aces
• whizzes
• buffs
• fiends
• meisters
• dab hands
• addicts
• journeymen
• crackerjacks
• dabs
• consiglieri

Dissimilar Words

• novices
• beginners
• apprentices
• amateurs
• neophytes
• laymen
• nonexperts
• nonprofessionals
• inexperts
• dabblers
• dilettantes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of specialists

The specialists working on the mission had to ensure the drone could carry a human being without flipping over or swaying excessively, according to the unit. — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026

The findings are rewriting how specialists think about one of the most common and most dismissed complaints in women’s health. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026

The classic gangster films, mostly made by the Toei studio in the nineteen-sixties, starred such specialists in the yakuza genre as Takakura Ken—Ken-san to his many fans—and followed a simple formula. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

In some cases, patients undergo evaluations by multiple specialists before identifying a potential explanation. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Hospitals bolster their side by hiring risk adjustment specialists and employing AI tools, while health insurers hire payment integrity specialists and employ different AI tools. — Leah Pierson, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026

People handle the judgment, and clinical validation stays with the specialists. — Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

Energy specialists are awestruck by its industrial dominance in batteries and solar power. — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

However, the country isn’t producing enough STEM specialists to meet demand. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026