RESEARCH WORKER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A scientist who devotes himself to doing research

Synonyms:

investigator; research worker; researcher

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("research worker" is a kind of...):

scientist (a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "research worker"):

experimenter (a research worker who conducts experiments)

boffin ((British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research)

fieldworker (a researcher who works in the field)

post doc; postdoc (a scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree)