Linguist synonyms

lĭng'gwĭst

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transformationalist
Student of language
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structural linguist
Student of language
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usagist
(Linguistics, rare) One who defines a language by usage rather than theory.
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semanticist
A person who studies semantics.
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polyglot
(Programming) A program written in multiple programming languages.
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classicist (related)
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philologer
(Archaic) A philologist.
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philologist
A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.
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stratificational grammarian
Student of language
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etymologist
A specialist in etymology.
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transformational grammarian
Student of language
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phonologist
(Linguistics) A person who specializes in phonology, the functional use of sounds in language.
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dialectician
(Now Rare) An expert in dialectic; logician
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vocabulist
The writer or maker of a vocabulary; a lexicographer.
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glossographer
A writer of a glossary; a commentator
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glossologist
One who defines and explains terms; one versed in glossology.
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phoneticist
An expert in phonetics
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phonetician
An expert in phonetics.
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phonemist
Student of language
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grammatist
(Historical) A teacher of prose literature and letters in Ancient Greece.
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grammarian
A person who studies grammar
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lexiconist
A writer of a lexicon.
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lexicographer
One who writes, compiles, or edits a dictionary.
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philologue
A philologist.
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linguistician
A linguist
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stratificationalist
Student of language
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tagmemist
Student of language
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glottochronologist
One who studies glottochronology.
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comparativist
Alternative form of comparatist.
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comparative (Indo-European) grammarian
Student of language
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reconstructionist
One who builds a reconstruction of a scene or event.
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linguistic geographer
Student of language
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translator
An interpreter.
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polyglottist
Speaker of many languages
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savant
The definition of a savant is a scholar or learned person.
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conversant
One who converses with another.
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Pangloss
Speaker of many languages
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glottological
Of or pertaining to glottology.
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glottologist
One who studies glottology; a linguist or philologist.
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interpreter
The definition of an interpreter is a person or a computer program that translates from one language to another so that people who speak different languages can communicate.
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linguistic-scientist
a specialist in linguistics
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structuralist
A follower or advocate of structuralism, as in the analysis or application of social, economic, or linguistic theory
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scholar (related)
A specialist in a given branch of knowledge:
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mathematician (related)
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  • He was already a good linguist, understanding both Latin and Hebrew.

  • During his university career he became an accomplished linguist, and even before he took his M.A.

  • She was an accomplished linguist, musician and mathematician, and deeply interested in metaphysics.

  • An accomplished man of letters, a competent critic of art, a linguist of rare perfection and charming in manner, but cynical and pleasureloving, he was certainly one of the chief diplomatic personages in the reign of the last of the tsars.

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