THEORETICIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does theoretician mean? 

• THEORETICIAN (noun)
  The noun THEORETICIAN has 1 sense:

1. someone who theorizes (especially in science or art)

  Familiarity information: THEORETICIAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THEORETICIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who theorizes (especially in science or art)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

idealogue; theoretician; theoriser; theorist; theorizer

Hypernyms ("theoretician" is a kind of...):

intellect; intellectual (a person who uses the mind creatively)

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

science; scientific discipline (a particular branch of scientific knowledge)

Derivation:

theory (a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena)

theory (a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena)