expert

1. A person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully (synset 109640897)
   is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
   subtypes:

   • ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard - someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
   • agronomist - an expert in soil management and field-crop production
   • all arounder, all-rounder - a versatile person who is expert at many things
   • analyst - someone who is skilled at analyzing data
   • analyst - an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions
   • anatomist - an expert in anatomy
   • antiquarian, antiquary, archaist - an expert or collector of antiquities
   • arbiter, supreme authority - someone with the power to settle matters at will
   • archer, bowman - a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow
   • authority - an expert whose views are taken as definitive
   • black belt - a person who attained the rank of expert in the martial arts (judo or karate)
   • cabalist, kabbalist - an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters
   • calculator, computer, estimator, figurer, reckoner - an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
   • climatologist - someone who is expert in climatology
   • computer expert, computer guru - an authority on computers and computing
   • cosmetologist - an expert in the use of cosmetics
   • efficiency engineer, efficiency expert - an expert in increasing the efficient use of machines and personnel
   • exegete - a person skilled in exegesis (especially of religious texts)
   • genealogist - an expert in genealogy
   • geographer - an expert on geography
   • horticulturist, plantsman - an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants)
   • investigator - someone who investigates
   • jurist, legal expert - a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations
   • lapidarist, lapidary - an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them
   • logician, logistician - a person skilled at symbolic logic
   • mnemonist - an expert in the use of mnemonics; someone able to perform unusual feats of memory
   • mythologist - an expert on mythology
   • nerd - an intelligent but single-minded expert in a particular technical field or profession
   • commentator, observer - an expert who observes and comments on something
   • out-and-outer - someone who is excellent at something
   • parliamentarian - an expert in parliamentary rules and procedures
   • past master - someone who has long and thorough experience in a given activity
   • prosthetist - an expert in prosthetics
   • pteridologist - an expert in the study of ferns
   • guide, pathfinder, scout - someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
   • shark - a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways
   • shooter, shot - a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)
   • specialiser, specialist, specializer - an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning
   • talent - a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity
   • technician - someone known for high skill in some intellectual or artistic technique
   • technocrat - an expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group
   • healer, therapist - a person skilled in a particular type of therapy
   • old hand, old stager, old-timer, oldtimer, stager, veteran, warhorse - an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service

1. Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude (synset 302234002)
   "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching"
   similar to: skilled - having or showing or requiring special skill
   same as: adept, good, practiced, proficient, skilful, skillful
2. Of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood (synset 302235691)
   "technical terminology"; "a technical report"; "technical language"
   similar to: skilled - having or showing or requiring special skill
   same as: technical

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