23
expert(noun, person, authority, genius, doctor)
13
scholar(noun, person, search, first, learning)
11
savant(noun, adjective, authority, expert, genius)
11
professor(noun, person, expert, doctor, specialist)
10
doctor(noun, adjective, person, expert, genius)
9
specialist(noun, adjective, person, expert, academic)
8
physicist(noun, adjective, expert, researcher)
6
explorer(noun, adjective, person, search, expert)
5
analyst(noun, feature, person, search, individual)
5
biologist(noun, adjective, expert)
5
geophysicist(noun, adjective, expert)
4
geologist(noun, adjective, person, environment, work)
4
mineralogist(noun, adjective, expert)
4
oceanographer(noun, adjective, expert)
4
chemist(noun, adjective, expert, researcher)
4
investigator(noun, adjective, person, search, expert)
4
linguist(adjective, expert, scholar)
4
pundit(noun, authority, expert, genius, doctor)
3
man of science(noun, expression, idiom)
3
ecologist(adjective, expert)
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