VIRTUOSI Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

virtuosos

noun

variants or virtuosi

plural of virtuoso

as in experts

a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field a violin virtuoso

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Recent Examples of virtuosos Conductor Gustavo Dudamel’s arrival at the New York Philharmonic has triggered a rhapsody in the city’s classical-music scene—particularly among the young virtuosos of the Juilliard School, shot here with some of the Philharmonic’s key players. — Theo Wenner, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2026 The decade featured some of the most revered and celebrated virtuosos to ever walk the planet, both critically and commercially. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026 Other guitar virtuosos might crave at least a little downtime between concluding a Las Vegas concert residency with one band and launching a national tour with another band, not but Joe Satriani. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026 Suffused with dread and bathed in reverb, the record captures two virtuosos at their most vulnerable. — Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 Jan. 2026 Part conference, part concert, part gear exhibition, the event blends industry showcases, the prestigious IBMA Awards, and a two-day outdoor festival that fills downtown with powerhouse pickers, mandolin virtuosos, and heavenly harmonizing trios. — Ellen Carpenter, AFAR Media, 15 Jan. 2026 They were accompanied by vocal virtuosos Lucius and blues-rock rippers Judith Hill and Eric Krasno, each fixtures in the local music community trying to rebuild itself in the wake of the Eaton fire. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026 Geese, a quartet of young rock virtuosos from Brooklyn, capture the vibe shift in freaky fidelity. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025 He will be joined by two other virtuosos, Kiya Tabassian, on setar, and Behrouz Jamali, on tombak. — Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025

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Noun

AmaWaterways arranges pre- and post-cruise stays of several nights in both cities with luxury accommodations, cultural exploration led by local experts, and transfers between hotel and ship.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
The exact circumstances in each nation differ, but vaccination gaps are a common thread, leading some experts to question if more catastrophic measles outbreaks are around the corner.

— Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of experts

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

In recent years, some scholars have proposed reexamining them as a framework for the legal rights of nature.

— Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 16 Sep. 2026
Activist networks and legal scholars are rehearsing doomsday scenarios, planning mass protests and advising judges on ballot seizures and ICE deployments, underscoring fears that the midterms could stress-test American democracy.

— Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of scholars

Noun

The title refers not only to the horror film my protagonist, Maya, is trying to make, but also to the city’s new masters and to those living in a zombified state of willful ignorance.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
This year’s Cannes Film Festival was overstuffed with masters of European and Asian cinema — Hamaguchi, Farhadi, Almodóvar, Kore-eda, Mungiu, Pawlikowski, Zvyagintsev and so on.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of masters

Noun

The new incentive is aimed at bringing back jobs for the industry’s editors, sound mixers, composers and visual effects artists.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
There are important conversations happening in these online spaces about which artists are shaping the pop landscape, or making decisions that stand out from the onslaught of releases.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of artists

Noun

According to awards gurus who track these things, that’s the most Emmy wins ever for a series canceled after its first season.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
Yoga instruction is available year-round, and the resort also collaborates with yoga gurus specializing in yin yoga, immersive sound healing, and yoga nidra from October to April.

— Jasreen Mayal Khanna, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026

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