biologist

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/baɪˈɒləd͡ʒɪst/

noun

A student or professor of biology; one versed in the science of biology.

Similar
life scientist
Opposite
Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

nounbiologist (plural biologists)

plural biologists

  1. A student or professor of biology; one versed in the science of biology.
    2 more examples

    Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.[…]A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.

    2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2015

    Wildlife biologist Stanley Temple hypothesised that perhaps the dodo tree was dependent on its seeds passing through the digestive system of dodos in order to properly germinate and that the handful of individuals in the 1970s were the last remaining trees from seeds that passed through a dodo in the 1690s-1700s when they went extinct.

    2017 May 3, Mark Carnall, “Finding zombies, ghosts and Elvis in the fossil record”, in The Guardian

    Antonyms: nonbiologist

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA student or professor of biology; one versed in the science of biology.

Opposite

More synonyms by meaning

noun(biology) a scientist who studies living organisms

Similar
life scientist
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβίος (bíos)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  5. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  6. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  7. New Latinbiologia
  8. Englishbiology
  9. Englishbiologist

From biology + -ist.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic أَحْيَائِي
  • أَحْيَائِي (ʔaḥyāʔī)student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Basque biologo
  • biologostudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Bulgarian биоло́г, биоло́жка
  • биоло́г (biológ)student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • биоло́жка (biolóžka)student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Catalan biòleg, biòloga
  • biòlegstudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • biòlogastudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Chinese Mandarin 生物學家 /生物学家
  • 生物學家 /生物学家 (shēngwùxuéjiā)student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Czech biolog, bioložka
  • biologstudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • bioložkastudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Danish biolog
  • biologstudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Dutch bioloog, biologe
  • bioloogstudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • biologestudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Esperanto biologo, biologino
  • biologostudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • biologinostudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • biologiistostudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • biologiistinostudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Estonian bioloog
  • bioloogstudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Finnish biologi
  • biologistudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
French biologiste, biologue
  • biologistestudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • biologuestudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
German Biologe, Biologin
  • Biologestudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Biologinstudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Greek βιολόγος
  • βιολόγος (viológos)student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Hebrew ביולוג \ בִּיוֹלוֹג
  • ביולוג \ בִּיוֹלוֹג (biológ)student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Hindi जीवविज्ञानी
  • जीवविज्ञानी (jīvvijñānī)student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Hungarian biológus
  • biológusstudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Icelandic líffræðingur
  • líffræðingurstudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Indonesian biolog, ahli biologi
  • biologstudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • ahli biologistudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • biologiwanstudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • biologistudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • biologiwatistudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Irish bitheolaí
  • bitheolaístudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Italian biologo, biologa
  • biologostudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • biologastudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Japanese 生物学者
  • 生物学者 (seibutsugakusha)student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Korean 생물학자
  • 생물학자 (saengmulhakja)student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Latin biologus, biologa
  • biologusstudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • biologastudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Latvian biologs, bioloģe
  • biologsstudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • bioloģestudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Māori kaimātai koiora
  • kaimātai koiorastudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Norwegian Bokmål biolog
  • biologstudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Persian زیستشناس
  • زیستشناس (zistšenās)student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Polish biolog, biolożka
  • biologstudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • biolożkastudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Portuguese biólogo, bióloga
  • biólogostudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • biólogastudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • biologistastudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Romanian biolog, biologă
  • biologstudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • biologăstudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Russian био́лог
  • био́лог (biólog)student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Slovak biológ, biologička
  • biológstudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • biologičkastudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Spanish biólogo, bióloga
  • biólogostudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • biólogastudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Swahili mwanabiolojia
  • mwanabiolojiastudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Swedish biolog
  • biologstudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Tagalog haynayanon, manghahaynay
  • haynayanonstudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • manghahaynaystudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Thai นักชีววิทยา
  • นักชีววิทยา (nák-chii-wá-wít-tá-yaa)student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Turkish biyolog, dirim bilimci
  • biyologstudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • dirim bilimcistudent of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Ukrainian біо́лог, біологи́ня
  • біо́лог (bióloh)student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • біологи́ня (biolohýnja)student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Urdu ماہرِ حیاتیات, ماہرۂ حیاتیات
  • ماہرِ حیاتیات (māhir-e-hayātiyāt)student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • ماہرۂ حیاتیات (māhirā-e-hayātiyāt)student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • حیاتیات دان (hayātiyāt-dān)student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
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APA

biologist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biologist

MLA

“biologist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biologist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biologist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biologist.

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