Phrase guide

computer scientist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

One who studies or practises computer science.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a scientist who specializes in the theory of computation and the design of computers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: computer user, scientist

Narrower terms: computational linguist, Gates, Bill Gates, William Henry Gates

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: informàtic — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Catalan: informàtica — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Chinese Mandarin: 計算機科學家 /计算机科学家 (jìsuànjī kēxuéjiā) — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Czech: informatik — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Czech: informatička — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Danish: datalog — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Dutch: informaticus — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Esperanto: komputosciencisto — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Finnish: tietojenkäsittelytieteilijä — one who studies or practises computer science
  • French: informaticien — one who studies or practises computer science
  • German: Fachinformatiker — one who studies or practises computer science
  • German: Informatiker — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Italian: informatico — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Italian: informatica — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Korean: 컴퓨터 과학자 (keompyuteo gwahakja) — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Macedonian: информатичар (informatičar) — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Polish: informatyk — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Polish: informatyczka — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Polish: komputerowiec — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Portuguese: cientista da computação — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Romanian: informatician — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Romanian: informaticiană — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Russian: идео́лог программи́рования (ideólog programmírovanija) — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Russian: инжене́р-программи́ст (inženér-programmíst) — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Spanish: informático — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Spanish: informática — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Swahili: mwanasayansi wa kompyuta — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Swedish: datavetare — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Swedish: datalog — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Thai: นักวิทยาศาสตร์คอมพิวเตอร์ — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Turkish: bilgisayar uzmanı — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Venetan: informadego — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Venetan: enformàdego — one who studies or practises computer science
  • Vietnamese: nhà khoa học máy tính — one who studies or practises computer science