Synonyms and antonyms of People who study specific subjects in British Thesaurus

archaeologist (noun)

someone who studies archaeology

archeologist ()

another spelling of archaeologist

astrologer (noun)

someone who studies astrology to tell people about their lives

astronomer (noun)

someone who studies the stars and planets using scientific equipment including telescopes

astrophysicist (noun)

someone who studies astrophysics

biologist (noun)

a scientist who studies living things

botanist (noun)

someone who studies plants, especially as their job

chemist (noun)

a scientist who studies chemistry

classicist (noun)

someone who studies classics

computer (noun)

old-fashioned someone who makes calculations

cosmologist (noun)

someone who studies the origin and nature of the universe

ecologist (noun)

a scientist who studies the environment and the way that plants, animals, and humans live together and affect each other

economist (noun)

someone who studies or teaches economics

futurist (noun)

someone who studies the future and says what they think life will be like

futurology (noun)

the study of the future, including how people will live, work, and communicate. Someone who studies the future in this way is called a futurologist.

geneticist (noun)

a scientist who studies or works in genetics

geographer (noun)

a scientist who studies the Earth’s physical features and the people, plants, and animals that live in different regions

geologist (noun)

a scientist who studies geology

geophysicist (noun)

a scientist who studies geophysics

grammarian (noun)

an expert in the study of grammar

historian (noun)

someone who studies or writes about events in history

linguist (noun)

someone who studies and speaks a lot of languages

linguist (noun)

someone who teaches or studies linguistics

mathematician (noun)

someone who studies or teaches mathematics

naturalist (noun)

someone who studies living things and their environment

nutritionist (noun)

someone who is an expert on nutrition

orientalist (noun)

someone from a western country who studies the languages, cultures, or history of the countries of eastern Asia

ornithologist (noun)

someone who studies birds

pathologist (noun)

a scientist who studies the causes of diseases and how they affect people, especially one who studies the causes of a person’s death by performing a post mortem

philosopher (noun)

someone who studies and tries to explain the meaning of things such as life, knowledge, or beliefs

physicist (noun)

someone who studies physics, especially as their job

psychologist (noun)

someone who studies how people’s minds work and how this affects their behaviour

scientist (noun)

someone who is trained in science, especially someone whose job is to do scientific research

statistician (noun)

someone whose job is to study and work with statistics

theologian (noun)

someone who studies God and religion

theoretician (noun)

a theorist

theorist (noun)

someone who develops or studies theories or ideas about a particular subject

zoologist (noun)

a scientist who studies animals