Connoisseur synonyms
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A person with refined taste, especially one who enjoys superb food and drink.
woman of taste
(--- Law) A public official who hears and decides cases brought in court.
Power assigned to another; authorization:
A person who enjoys and has a discriminating taste for fine foods and beverages
cognoscente (Italian)
In some transistors, the region or layer of semiconductor material, acting as an electrode, that receives the electric current from the base
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A person with a high degree of skill in or knowledge of a certain subject.
arbiter of taste
man of taste
A person displaying great technical skill in some fine art, esp. in the performance of music
ignoramus (antonym)
An ignorant and stupid person
A follower of Epicurus or his philosophy
Such a person whose profession is to write or broadcast such judgments of books, music, paintings, sculpture, plays, films, television, etc., as for a newspaper
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tastemaker
One that determines or strongly influences current trends or styles, as in fashion or the arts.
Someone possessing superior or specialized knowledge in a particular field; a connoisseur.
A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery, especially one who is certified by a board of physicians:
A connoisseur in eating and drinking, someone who takes their food considerably more seriously than most.
A person who enjoys and has a discriminating taste for foods
A person highly sensitive to art and beauty
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One who dabbles in an art or a field of knowledge.
(Informal) An expert or connoisseur, often, specif., a self-proclaimed one
culture-vulture
(Slang) A person who professes great interest in culture and the arts
A piece of soft material, such as velvet or leather, often mounted on a block and used for polishing.
aficionado (related)
cognoscenti (related)
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enthusiast (related)
lover (related)
afficionado (related)
Synonym Study
- Dilettante originally referred to one who appreciates art as distinguished from one who creates it, but is now chiefly used disparagingly of one who dabbles superficially in the arts
- Aesthete , although applied to one highly sensitive to art and beauty, is often used derogatorily to connote effeteness or decadence
- A connoisseur is one who has expert knowledge or a keen discrimination in matters of art and, by extension, in any matters of taste a connoisseur of fine foods
Find another word for connoisseur. In this page you can discover 31 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for connoisseur, like: bon-vivant, woman of taste, judge, authority, epicure, cognoscente (Italian), collector, expert, arbiter of taste, man of taste and virtuoso.