linguist

Other forms of linguist

plural

linguists·

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 linguist

What does linguist mean?

linguist means "a specialist in linguistics". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in linguist?

linguist has 2 syllables: lin-guist. The stress falls on "lin". In IPA it is /ˈlɪŋɡwɪst/.

What is another word for linguist?

Close synonyms include linguistic scientist, polyglot. 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 linguist a common word?

linguist 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.