naturalist

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: nat=u=ral=ist

CIDE DICTIONARY

naturalist, n. [Cf. F. naturaliste.].

•  One versed in natural science; a student of natural history, esp. of the natural history of plants or animals; a botanist or zoologist.  [1913 Webster]
•  One who holds or maintains the doctrine of naturalism in religion.  H. Bushnell.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

naturalist, n. & adj.
--n.
1 an expert in natural history.
2 a person who believes in or practises naturalism.
--adj. = NATURALISTIC.

THESAURUS

naturalist

Marxist, anatomist, bacteriologist, biochemist, biologist, biometrist, biophysicist, botanist, commonsense philosopher, cytologist, dialectical materialist, ecologist, epistemological realist, geneticist, materialist, natural realist, natural scientist, physicist, physiologist, realist, zoologist

ROGET THESAURUS

naturalist

Organization

N organization, organized world, organized nature, living nature, animated nature, living beings, organic remains, fossils, protoplasm, cytoplasm, protein, albumen, structure, organization, organism, biology, natural history, organic chemistry, anatomy, physiology, zoology, botany, microbiology, virology, bacteriology, mycology, naturalist, archegenesis, antherozoid, bioplasm, biotaxy, chromosome, dysmeromorph, ecology, oecology, erythroblast, gametangium, gamete, germinal matter, invagination, isogamy, oogamy, karyaster, macrogamete, microgamete, metabolism, anabolism, catabolism, metaplasm, ontogeny, ovary, ovum, oxidation, phylogeny, polymorphism, protozoa, spermary, spermatozoon, trophoplasm, vacuole, vertebration, zoogloea, zygote, Darwinism, neo-Darwinism, Lamarkism, neoLamarkism, Weismannism, morphology, taxonomy, organic, organized, karyoplasmic, unsegmentic, vacuolar, zoogloeic, zoogloeoid.