He is an armchair theorist.
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Theorist
//ˈθɪəɹɪst//
Synonyms for "theorist" (9 found)
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Noun(2 words)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (4)
Noun(1 words)
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4 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 30 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُنَظِّر noun (someone who constructs theories)
Basque
1 entries- teorialari noun (someone who constructs theories)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 理論家 /理论家 noun (someone who constructs theories)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 理論家 /理论家 noun (someone who constructs theories)
Czech
2 entries- teoretik noun (someone who constructs theories)
- teoretička noun (someone who constructs theories)
Danish
1 entries- teoretiker noun (someone who constructs theories)
Dutch
1 entries- theoreticus noun (someone who constructs theories)
Finnish
1 entries- teoreetikko noun (someone who constructs theories)
French
2 entries- théoricien noun (someone who constructs theories)
- théoricienne noun (someone who constructs theories)
German
2 entries- Theoretiker noun (someone who constructs theories)
- Theoretikerin noun (someone who constructs theories)
Ido
1 entries- teoriisto noun (someone who constructs theories)
Indonesian
1 entries- teoretikus noun (someone who constructs theories)
Irish
1 entries- teoiricí noun (someone who constructs theories)
Italian
1 entries- teorico noun (someone who constructs theories)
Kazakh
1 entries- теорияшыл noun (someone who constructs theories)
Korean
2 entries- 리론가 noun (someone who constructs theories)
- 이론가 noun (someone who constructs theories)
Marathi
2 entries- उपपत्तिकार noun (someone who constructs theories)
- सैद्धांतिक noun (someone who constructs theories)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- teoretiker noun (someone who constructs theories)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- teoretikar noun (someone who constructs theories)
Persian
1 entries- تئوریسین noun (someone who constructs theories)
Polish
2 entries- teoretyczka noun (someone who constructs theories)
- teoretyk noun (someone who constructs theories)
Portuguese
2 entries- teorista noun (someone who constructs theories)
- teórico noun (someone who constructs theories)
Romanian
2 entries- teoretician noun (someone who constructs theories)
- teoreticiană noun (someone who constructs theories)
Russian
1 entries- теоре́тик noun (someone who constructs theories)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- teoretičar noun (someone who constructs theories)
- teoretičarka noun (someone who constructs theories)
- теоретичар noun (someone who constructs theories)
- теоретичарка noun (someone who constructs theories)
Slovak
1 entries- teoretik noun (someone who constructs theories)
Slovene
1 entries- teoretik noun (someone who constructs theories)
Spanish
2 entries- teórica noun (someone who constructs theories)
- teórico noun (someone who constructs theories)
Swedish
1 entries- teoretiker noun (someone who constructs theories)
Ukrainian
1 entries- теоре́тик noun (someone who constructs theories)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Tom is a string theorist.
Source: tatoeba (5360661)
As a conspiracy theorist, Tom is always in a certain amount of danger.
Source: tatoeba (5611895)
When one conspiracy theorist challenged Buzz Aldrin and called him a liar, Aldrin punched him in the face.
Source: tatoeba (8125281)
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