analyst Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who is skilled at analyzing data
  2. noun an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions
  3. noun a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis
    psychoanalyst.

WordNet


An"a*lyst noun
Etymology
F. analyste. See Analysis.
Definitions
  1. One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis.

Webster 1913