analyst

Etymology

From French analyste.

Noun

analyst (plural analysts)

1. Someone who analyzes.
2. Someone who is an analytical thinker.
3. (mathematics) A mathematician who studies real analysis.
4. (computing) A systems analyst.
5. (psychiatry) A practitioner of psychoanalysis. quotations ▼
6. A financial analyst; a business analyst.

Derived terms

• color analyst
• colour analyst
• database analyst
• quantitative analyst
• technical analyst