John Muir was a famous naturalist who founded the Sierra Club.
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Naturalist
Synonyms for "naturalist" (32 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (16)
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13 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 24 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- естественик noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
- натуралист noun (person who advocates philosophical naturalism)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 自然學家 /自然学家 noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
Danish
2 entries- naturforsker noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
- naturforskerske noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
Dutch
4 entries- natuuronderzoeker noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
- natuuronderzoekster noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
- natuurvorser noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
- natuurvorster noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
Esperanto
1 entries- naturalisto noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
Finnish
2 entries- luonnontieteilijä noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
- naturalisti noun (person who advocates philosophical naturalism)
French
1 entries- naturaliste noun (person who advocates philosophical naturalism)
Galician
1 entries- naturalista noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
German
4 entries- Naturalist noun (person who advocates philosophical naturalism)
- Naturalistin noun (person who advocates philosophical naturalism)
- Naturforscher noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
- Naturforscherin noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
Greek
2 entries- φυσιοδίφης noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
- φυσιοκράτης noun (person who advocates philosophical naturalism)
Hungarian
4 entries- naturalista noun (person who advocates philosophical naturalism)
- természetbúvár noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
- természetkutató noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
- természettudós noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
Ido
2 entries- naturalisto noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
- naturalisto noun (person who advocates philosophical naturalism)
Kazakh
1 entries- табиғат зерттеушісі noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
Latin
2 entries- nātūrālista noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
- nātūrālista noun (person who advocates philosophical naturalism)
Macedonian
3 entries- натуралист noun (person who advocates philosophical naturalism)
- природона́учник noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
- природња́к noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
Mongolian
2 entries- байгальч noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
- натуралист noun (person who advocates philosophical naturalism)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- naturforsker noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
- naturforskerske noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- naturforskar noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
Persian
1 entries- طبیعیدان noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
Portuguese
2 entries- naturalista noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
- naturalista noun (person who advocates philosophical naturalism)
Russian
2 entries- натурали́ст noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
- натурали́стка noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
Spanish
2 entries- naturalista noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
- naturalista noun (person who advocates philosophical naturalism)
Swedish
1 entries- naturforskare noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
Volapük
4 entries- hinatiman noun (person who advocates philosophical naturalism)
- jinatiman noun (person who advocates philosophical naturalism)
- natihivestigan noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
- natijivestigan noun (person who studies nature or natural history)
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The Beagle, which had been commissioned by the British Admiralty to explore and chart the coast of South America, employed Darwin as its onboard naturalist.
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Well you know, it isn’t a very good profession for making money. Not at all, it isn’t. Most of the good naturalists don’t make any money whatever. All they do is spend money, buying butterfly-nets and cases for birds’ eggs and things. It is only now, after I have been a naturalist for many years, that I am beginning to make a little money from the books I write.
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Contrary to stereotype, not every whale is big. That's according to our onboard naturalist.
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