SEMANTICIST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A specialist in the study of meaning

Synonyms:

semanticist; semiotician

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

linguist; linguistic scientist (a specialist in linguistics)

Instance hyponyms:

Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski; Alfred Korzybski; Korzybski (United States semanticist (born in Poland) (1879-1950))

C. K. Ogden; Charles Kay Ogden; Ogden (English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957))

I. A. Richards; Ivor Armstrong Richards; Richards (English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979))

Derivation:

semantics (the study of language meaning)