jacks-of-all-trades

noun

plural of jack-of-all-trades
as in experts
a person who has many skills; a person who can do many different jobs

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Recent Examples of jacks-of-all-trades Tablets, for instance, are jacks-of-all-trades, giving you a single screen for streaming, scrolling, reading, light work, and the occasional email. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jacks-of-all-trades
  1. experts
  2. professionals
  3. virtuosos
  4. adepts
  5. artists
  6. masters
  7. specialists
  8. hotshots
Noun
  • The breaches signal that AI’s expanding capabilities are already fueling the security threat experts long feared and even top developers can be caught off-guard by flaws their models can exploit.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 31 July 2026
  • Rodriguez was appointed after Republican senators held the seat open for three years, causing backed up court dockets, some experts said.
    — Julia Coin July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
Definition of experts
Noun
  • Here’s why ‘Severance’ has resonated so deeply with audiences and professionals.
    — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The fourth edition of Kiaf HIGHLIGHTS will showcase ten artists that will be selected by an international jury of art professionals, and this section will exhibit presentations based on these artists’ practices.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 31 July 2026
Definition of professionals
Noun
  • Other guitar virtuosos might crave at least a little downtime between concluding a Las Vegas concert residency with one band and launching a national tour with another band, not but Joe Satriani.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Suffused with dread and bathed in reverb, the record captures two virtuosos at their most vulnerable.
    — Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 Jan. 2026
Definition of virtuosos
Noun
  • He was investigated by the SS on the orders of Heinrich Himmler but convinced his investigators, all adepts of Deutsche Physik, that he was engaged in worthwhile teaching and research.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Definition of adepts
Noun
  • Skilled Photoshop artists spent years mastering masking, selections and retouching techniques, only to watch AI remove a complex background with a single click.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Luxury brands increasingly collaborate with artists, yet very few partnerships remain culturally relevant after half a century.
    — Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of artists
Noun
  • The competition series featured masters of shamanism, tarot, face and foot reading, saju and other divination disciplines competing in challenges that tested their abilities, using tools including fans, bells, dowsing rods and modern-day laptops.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 July 2026
  • This story covers the rise of robots rebelling against their masters.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of masters
Noun
  • In alphabetical order, here are the top specialists ahead of the Georgia high school football season, with ranking information from 247 Composite.
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
  • To investigate, a team of specialists led by a CNRS researcher first used non-invasive Raman microspectrometry and hyperspectral imaging to determine the chemical composition of black drawings at Font-de-Gaume.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of specialists
Noun
  • Gao and his three cofounders aren’t your conventional AI hotshots with credentials from leading AI labs or Stanford University.
    — Ben Weiss, Fortune, 1 June 2026
  • Maybe that’s because the interiors have a certain plainness — one that’s accurate to Georgian classicism but boring to Hollywood hotshots.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of hotshots

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