linguist

noun

Definition of linguistnext
as in novelist

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Recent Examples of linguist Recently, five computational linguists put Chomsky’s claim to the test. — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 13 Jan. 2025 As linguists and geneticists continue to untangle the origins of Indo-European languages, one thing is clear—the story of language is one of movement, change and cultural exchange, far from the rigid, nationalist narratives of the past. — Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025 Babbel lessons were designed by a team of over 100 expert linguists. — Stackcommerce Team (sponsored), PCMAG, 27 Jan. 2025 In fact, experiments were so underwhelming that a report released in 1966 by the Automatic Language Processing Advisory Committee, set up by the U.S. government and made up of linguists and machine translation researchers, determined that there wasn’t much hope in the near-term. — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for linguist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for linguist
  1. novelist
  2. storyteller
  3. essayist
  4. fabulist
Noun
  • Vara, a novelist and tech journalist, began experimenting with A.I. products in early 2021.
    — Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Set in a quaint New England colonial town, Allie & Andi follows a best-selling novelist (Shields) who forms an unlikely alliance with an aspiring writer to find the killer of a close friend.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2025
Definition of novelist
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  • Planes, rockets, and the spaces in between (2018) – at the time, the largest painting executed by Amy Sherald – was some three years in the making after the master painter and storyteller of the contemporary African American experience in the United States stretched the massive canvas.
    — Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Still, memory is the theme of several poetic passages of dialogue between Ren and her lover, and, as a professional storyteller, her personal experiences inevitably shape her work.
    — Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Definition of storyteller
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  • James, written by author and professor Percival Everett and narrated by Dominic Hoffman took home the award for Best Literary Fiction & Classics, while There's Always This Year written and narrated by poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib took home Best Non-Fiction.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
  • More than a decade later, there’s still an essayist’s economy in Hunter’s writing.
    — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of essayist
Noun
  • The Irishman — long and boring, based on the self-serving memoirs of a fabulist and a creep — was supposed to be the film of the year.
    — Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The infamous Long Island fabulist needs revenue from the podcast to pay the $205,000 in forfeiture cash that would be due a month before sentencing, his lawyers wrote in a letter to Federal Court Judge Joanna Seybert.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of fabulist

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