chemist

Other forms of chemist

plural

chemists·

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 chemist

What does chemist mean?

chemist means "a scientist who specializes in chemistry". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chemist?

chemist has 2 syllables: chem-ist. The stress falls on "chem". In IPA it is /ˈkɛmɪst/.

What is another word for chemist?

Close synonyms include pharmacist, druggist, apothecary, pill pusher, pill roller. 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 chemist a common word?

chemist is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.