botanist

Other forms of botanist

plural

botanists·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about botanist

What does botanist mean?

botanist means "a biologist specializing in the study of plants".

How many syllables are in botanist?

botanist has 3 syllables: bo-ta-nist. The stress falls on "bo". In IPA it is /ˈbɑtənɪst/.

What is another word for botanist?

Close synonyms include phytologist, plant scientist. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is botanist a common word?

botanist is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.