generalist

Noun

Meaning

a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests

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Synonyms

renaissance man babe colt cub general beginning layman aspirant dunce academic conventional candidate amateur doctoral apprentice
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Antonyms

specialist jackass retard savant proficient idiot
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Hypernyms

bookman scholar student scholarly person

Anagrams

easterling

Examples

a statistician has to be something of a generalist Source: Internet

Also, some non-native and generalist species could reach the Antarctic environment and adapt to the new environmental conditions. Source: Internet

Considered generalist mammals, primates exhibit a wide range of characteristics. Source: Internet

Albright’s expansive and deep-time perspective on biblical archaeology grew out of his generalist, or orientalist, approach to understanding the evolution of the biblical world in all its intricate facets. Source: Internet

Distinguishing characteristics Discussion class at Shimer College in Chicago Liberal arts colleges are distinguished from other types of higher education chiefly by their generalist curricula and small size. Source: Internet

David S. Pilliod, supervisory research ecologist for the U.S. Geological Survey’s Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center in Boise, calls spotted frogs “a generalist species,” flexible and adaptable to a range of conditions. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

generalissimo generalissimoship generalissimus generalistic generality generalizability