meteorologist

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/ˌmiːti.əˈɹɒ.lə.dʒɪst/

noun

A person who studies meteorology.

Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

nounmeteorologist (plural meteorologists)

plural meteorologists

  1. A person who studies meteorology.
  2. A weather forecaster.

    Rees-Mogg has claimed that “climate alarmism” is responsible for high energy prices and that it is unrealistic for scientists to project future changes to the climate because meteorologists struggle to correctly predict the weather.

    2022 September 6, Jacob Rees-Mogg, quotee, “Jacob Rees-Mogg, who decried ‘climate alarmism’, to take on UK energy brief”, in The Guardian
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    For a micromoon and Friday the 13th full moon to occur together is extraordinarily rare. The last time it happened was in 1832 and it won't happen again for more than 500 years according to Tony Rice, a meteorologist and engineer at NASA.

    2019 September 13, Matthew Cappucci, “For the first time in 13 years, a full moon rises this Friday the 13th”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2020

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

Translations

Catalan meteoròleg
  • meteoròlegperson who studies meteorology
Czech meteorolog
  • meteorologperson who studies meteorology
Dutch weerkundige, meteoroloog
  • weerkundigeperson who studies meteorology
  • meteoroloogperson who studies meteorology
  • weerpresentatorweather forecaster
  • weerpresentatriceweather forecaster
  • weermanweather forecaster
  • weervrouwweather forecaster
  • weerkundigeweather forecaster
  • meteoroloogweather forecaster
Finnish meteorologi, meteorologi
  • meteorologiperson who studies meteorology
  • meteorologiweather forecaster
French météorologue, météorologiste
  • météorologueperson who studies meteorology
  • météorologisteperson who studies meteorology
  • météorologueweather forecaster
  • météorologisteweather forecaster
German Meteorologe, Meteorologe
  • Meteorologeperson who studies meteorology
  • Meteorologeweather forecaster
Hindi मौसम विज्ञानी
  • मौसम विज्ञानी (mausam vijñānī)person who studies meteorology
Hungarian meteorológus
  • meteorológusperson who studies meteorology
Icelandic veðurfræðingur
  • veðurfræðingurperson who studies meteorology
Italian meteorologo
  • meteorologoperson who studies meteorology
Japanese 気象学者
  • 気象学者person who studies meteorology
Norwegian meteorolog
  • meteorologperson who studies meteorology
Polish meteorolog
  • meteorologperson who studies meteorology
Portuguese meteorologista
  • meteorologistaperson who studies meteorology
Russian метеоро́лог, метеоро́лог
  • метеоро́лог (meteorólog)person who studies meteorology
  • метеоро́лог (meteorólog)weather forecaster
Spanish meteorólogo
  • meteorólogoperson who studies meteorology
Swedish meteorolog, meteorolog
  • meteorologperson who studies meteorology
  • meteorologweather forecaster
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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