natural scientist

1. 1.

   a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)

   Synonymsnaturalist

   Broaderbiologist

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   botany · zoology

Questions about natural scientist

What does natural scientist mean?

natural scientist means "a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)".

What is another word for natural scientist?

Close synonyms include naturalist. 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 natural scientist a common word?

natural scientist is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.