Meanings
plural actuaries
- datedRegistrar, clerk.
- A professional who calculates financial values associated with uncertain events subject to risk, such as insurance premiums or pension contributions.
insurance actuary
4 more examples
The insurance company hired an actuary to assess the financial risks.
An actuary calculated the expected cost of future claims.
qualified actuary
work as an actuary
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomeone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latināctuārius“copyist, account-keeper”
- Englishactuary
From Latin āctuārius (“copyist, account-keeper”), from āctus (“public business”); see actuarius.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan actuari
- actuarimaker of insurance calculations
Chinese Mandarin 精算師 /精算师
- 精算師 /精算师 (jīngsuànshī)maker of insurance calculations
Czech pojistný matematik
- pojistný matematikmaker of insurance calculations
Danish aktuar
- aktuarmaker of insurance calculations
Dutch actuaris, verzekeringswiskundige
- actuarismaker of insurance calculations
- verzekeringswiskundigemaker of insurance calculations
Finnish aktuaari
- aktuaarimaker of insurance calculations
French actuaire
- actuairemaker of insurance calculations
German Versicherungsfachmann, Versicherungsmathematiker
- Versicherungsfachmannmaker of insurance calculations
- Versicherungsmathematikermaker of insurance calculations
- Aktuarmaker of insurance calculations
Greek αναλογιστής
- αναλογιστής (analogistís)maker of insurance calculations
Hungarian aktuárius, biztosítási matematikus
- aktuáriusmaker of insurance calculations
- biztosítási matematikusmaker of insurance calculations
- biztosításmatematikusmaker of insurance calculations
- biztosítási statisztikusmaker of insurance calculations
Indonesian aktuaris
- aktuarismaker of insurance calculations
Irish achtúire
- achtúiremaker of insurance calculations
Italian attuario
- attuariomaker of insurance calculations
Japanese アクチュアリー
- アクチュアリー (akuchuarī)maker of insurance calculations
Polish aktuariusz
- aktuariuszmaker of insurance calculations
Portuguese atuário
- atuáriomaker of insurance calculations
Romanian actuar
- actuarmaker of insurance calculations
Russian актуа́рий
- актуа́рий (aktuárij)maker of insurance calculations
Spanish actuario
- actuariomaker of insurance calculations
Swedish aktuarie
- aktuariemaker of insurance calculations
Turkish aktüer
- aktüermaker of insurance calculations
Ukrainian актуа́рій
- актуа́рій (aktuárij)maker of insurance calculations
Cite this entry
actuary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actuary
“actuary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actuary. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “actuary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actuary.
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