scientist

[ sahy-uhn-tist ]

noun

1. an expert in science, especially one of the physical or natural sciences.

Scientist

¹

/ ˈsaɪəntɪst /

noun

1. Christian Science Christ as supreme spiritual healer
2. See Christian Scientist
   short for Christian Scientist See Christian Scientist

scientist

²

/ ˈsaɪəntɪst /

noun

1. a person who studies or practises any of the sciences or who uses scientific methods

Other Words From

• non·scien·tist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of scientist¹

1825–35; < Latin scient ( ia ) science + -ist

Example Sentences

Once the experiment is done, the platform sends a report to the scientists with the results.

From MIT Technology Review

Just as the covid-19 pandemic was taking off, a global network of scientists began mapping the DNA of urban microbes and using AI to look for patterns.

From MIT Technology Review

Newman is what scientists call a “supertaster,” and he is not alone in hating broccoli.

From No Straight News

For them, becoming a scientist was something completely out of my reach.

From Science News For Students

The scientists don’t know for sure exactly when each person began shedding the virus.

From Science News For Students

My friend the political scientist Tom Schaller said all this back in 2008, in his book Whistling Past Dixie.

From The Daily Beast

Theda Skocpol, the esteemed Harvard social scientist, agrees with Cohen that they will set up the exchanges.

From The Daily Beast

Darwin was a British Scientist who developed the theory of evolution and natural selection.

From The Daily Beast

A CDC scientist says he and his colleagues hid research regarding the MMR vaccine and autism.

From The Daily Beast

For me, as a scientist, it all began in 1953 when I first tried scuba.

From The Daily Beast

No Jewish historian nor scientist mentioned the rending of the veil of the temple, nor the rising of the saints from the dead.

From Project Gutenberg

“You will have to ask some scientist who has gone into the matter more deeply than I have,” Jessie said demurely.

From Project Gutenberg

The world-famous scientist, Herbert Spencer, says, "The universe had its origin in the unknown source of things."

From Project Gutenberg

This has attained to the scientist, and to many non-scientists, the level of a self-evident proposition.

From Project Gutenberg

He applies practically in his work those laws which the scientist furnishes him with theoretically.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• analyst
• chemist
• expert
• physicist