Meanings
noungerontologist (plural gerontologists)
plural gerontologists
- A physician who specializes in gerontology
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵerh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵérh₂onts
- Proto-Hellenic*géronts
- Ancient Greekγέροντος (gérontos)
- Englishgeronto-
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Englishgerontology
- Englishgerontologist
From gerontology + -ist.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan gerontòleg
- gerontòlegphysician who specializes in gerontology
Dutch gerontoloog
- gerontoloogphysician who specializes in gerontology
Esperanto gerontologo
- gerontologophysician who specializes in gerontology
Finnish gerontologi
- gerontologiphysician who specializes in gerontology
French gérontologue
- gérontologuephysician who specializes in gerontology
Russian геронто́лог
- геронто́лог (gerontólog)physician who specializes in gerontology
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with gerontologist
psychologisttechnologistpathologistanthropologistarchaeologistdermatologistcardiologistneurologistgynecologistanesthesiologistentomologistcosmetologisthydrologistmusicologistornithologistpharmacologistclimatologistegyptologistvirologistnephrologistsexologistotolaryngologistseismologistpulmonologist
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
gerontologist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gerontologist
MLA
“gerontologist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gerontologist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gerontologist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gerontologist.
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