noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Someone who analyzes.
2. 2
   a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis wordnet
3. 3
   Someone who is an analytical thinker.
4. 4
   someone who is skilled at analyzing data wordnet
5. 5
   A mathematician who studies real analysis.

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6. 6
   an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions wordnet
7. 7
   A systems analyst.
8. 8
   A practitioner of psychoanalysis.

   "“I had a difficult session with my analyst last evening and the slightest thing is apt to set me off.”"

9. 9
   A financial analyst; a business analyst.

Synonyms

All synonyms

analytical chemistanalyzerassayerbehavior therapistclinical psychologistessayer

Example

More examples

"He's a financial analyst with a pretty good reputation for his analysis of economic trends."

Etymology

From French analyste.

Related phrases

color analystcolour analystconspiracy analystdatabase analystdiscourse analystquantitative analysttechnical analystanalyst programmerbusiness analystfinancial analystreal analysissystems analyst

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