as in pharmacist
a person who prepares drugs according to a doctor's prescription
let's ask the chemist whether it's safe to take these two drugs together
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Recent Examples of chemist
When his mother, Waltraud Maria, a chemist, married his God-fearing father, Dietrich, an electrician, she was forced to sacrifice her Catholicism and her career in science to become a Protestant housewife.
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Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
The data company, Handshake, has seen a threefold increase in demand since last summer, and has a network of white-collar professionals from chemists to screenwriters providing data.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 18 Mar. 2026
This isn't the first time Ganzorigt and Bieber have played color chemist for an awards show.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 16 Mar. 2026
This led Nobel Laureate chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch to develop a process of combining nitrogen from the atmosphere with hydrogen at extreme temperatures and pressures in the presence of a catalyst.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
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Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
The data company, Handshake, has seen a threefold increase in demand since last summer, and has a network of white-collar professionals from chemists to screenwriters providing data.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 18 Mar. 2026
This isn't the first time Ganzorigt and Bieber have played color chemist for an awards show.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 16 Mar. 2026
This led Nobel Laureate chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch to develop a process of combining nitrogen from the atmosphere with hydrogen at extreme temperatures and pressures in the presence of a catalyst.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chemist
pharmacist
Noun
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Women make up 60% of pharmacists, who number 335,100.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Sims was a pharmacist and the owner of Sims Enterprises.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Chemist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chemist. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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