Connoisseur Synonyms and Antonyms

kŏnə-sûr, -so͝or
Authority
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. authority
  2. expert
  3. epicure
  4. judge
  5. bon-vivant
  6. collector
  7. critic
  8. gourmet
  9. cognoscente
  10. specialist
  11. maven
  12. virtuoso
  13. aesthete
  14. epicurean
  15. dilettante
  16. gastronome
  17. buff
  18. gourmand
  19. tastemaker
  20. arbiter of taste
  21. cognoscente (Italian)
  22. man of taste
  23. woman of taste
  24. culture-vulture
  25. mavin
Antonyms:
  1. ignoramus

Words Related to Connoisseur

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. aficionado
  2. cognoscenti
  3. enthusiast
  4. lover
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Connoisseur Sentence Examples

  • He was a well-known connoisseur of art.

  • He was a man of wide knowledge, a connoisseur in art and music, and the friend of most of the leading authors of his time.

  • A typical academician was the poet, antiquary and connoisseur, Nils Fredrik Sander (1828-1900).

  • The armory was not the collection of a wealthy connoisseur; this was the personal armory of a man accustomed to killing often.

  • Many of KOuns sculptures appear unfinished to eyes trained in Occidental galleries, whereas the Japanese connoisseur detects evidence of a technical feat in their seeming roughness.

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