maven
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈmeɪvən/
:
experto
- Gena Berry is known as a food maven because of her extensive knowledge of cooking and local restaurants.
So you're you're a black hole maven in the house this day in black holes.
- So you're you're a black hole maven in the house this day in black holes.
- And alas, so many of these positivity mavens do like to call themselves healers.
- I'm, I'm less of an authority than you are a Maven.
- Mom to be and from our studio in Los Angeles, please welcome my dear friend the maven Elaine Welter Roth.
Examples
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I'm Mort Josephson, your movie maven.
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And it's all thanks to these two marketing mavens.
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You're like the museum maven of the Met.
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I wonder who is the tech maven par excellence in the Senate these days.
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Then there's Tom, the money market maven, and Perry, the travel agent guy.
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Often enough, these mavens persevere and effect change.
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She was a knitting maven.
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Gladwell writes that change begins with a few people, whom he calls mavens, doing something different.
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I am the Tuesday Night Trivia Maven at Professor Thom's in Greenwich Village.
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Last night, we sent Bwog musical theatre maven Kyra Bloom to review the student-written production.
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Synonyms
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4.9
A person with very strong intelligence or creative skill
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4.7
A person who is very skilled at a particular job or task
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7.0
A person who is very skilled and often admired at their job
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4.5
A person who is very good at a particular activity
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5.5
A respected expert who leads and influences others in a field
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7.3
A person who is very skilled at something like math or computers
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8.9
A person with very great knowledge or skill in one subject
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8.6
A person who is very skilled at a task or subject
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8.0
A person with very great skill, often in music or art
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4.7
A person who is very skilled at something
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9.9
A person who knows a lot about a subject and advises others
Antonyms
How Knowledgeable
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∞
3.2
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8.4
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3.9
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4.0
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1.0
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3.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Maven comes from the Yiddish word meyvn, and that comes from the Hebrew mavin, meaning 'one who understands'. So a maven is an expert — a person who really understands a subject.