All connoisseur synonyms
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C c noun connoisseur
- authority — The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed.
- devotee — Someone who is a devotee of a subject or activity is very enthusiastic about it.
- dilettante — a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.
- buff — Something that is buff is pale brown in colour.
- aficionado — If someone is an aficionado of something, they like it and know a lot about it.
- cognoscente — a person with special knowledge in some field, esp. in the fine arts
- freak — a fleck or streak of color.
- specialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- gourmet — a connoisseur of fine food and drink; epicure.
- nut — the goddess of the sky, sometimes shown as a cow bearing Ra on her back and the stars on her underside.
- savant — a person of profound or extensive learning; learned scholar.
- maven — an expert or connoisseur.
- adept — Someone who is adept at something can do it skilfully.
- critic — A critic is a person who writes about and expresses opinions about things such as books, films, music, or art.
- arbiter — An arbiter is a person or institution that judges and settles a quarrel between two other people or groups.
- judge — Alan L(aVern) born 1932, U.S. astronaut.
- fan — an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc.: a baseball fan; a great fan of Charlie Chaplin.
- aesthete — An aesthete is someone who loves and appreciates works of art and beautiful things.
- appreciator — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- bon vivant — a person who enjoys luxuries, esp good food and drink