mavin

Examples

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• Some of the more prominent organizations are I-Pride (http://www.ipride.org/), MAVIN (http://www.mavin.net/), the Mixed Heritage Center, and SWIRL, Inc.

  Academic text (2011)

• forgive me my meiyan mavin you get up

  Lloyd's of London (1936)

• You'll go down in history for that. Before you and Matt Keller over at Mavin, the landscape for organized groups for mixed people was pretty much non-existent.

  Blog text (6)

• Her reputation as a mavin in gourmet cuisine makes her the go-to person for restaurant recommendations.

• In the world of classical music, she is considered a mavin for her deep understanding of composers.

Synonyms

M

master

vsmavin

791 4.2

A person who is very skilled in an activity or art

focuses more on being a knowledgeable connoisseur than on rank or authority

S

specialist

vsmavin

352 3.9

A person who knows a lot about one area of work or study

is broader and applies to experts or connoisseurs across fields

G

genius

vsmavin

252 4.9

A person with very strong intelligence or creative skill

is about learned expertise and connoisseurship rather than innate ability

W

wizard

vsmavin

• Informal

99 4.7

A person who is very skilled at a particular job or task

is less showy and stresses steady expert knowledge and taste

H

hotshot

vsmavin

• Informal

71 7.0

A person who is very skilled and often admired at their job

stresses deep knowledge and refined taste rather than flashy reputation

A

ace

vsmavin

65 4.5

A person who is very good at a particular activity

is about expert knowledge and refined taste rather than just skill

W

whiz

vsmavin

• Informal

43 7.3

A person who is very skilled at something like math or computers

is more about careful knowledge and expert taste than quick success

S

savant

vsmavin

26 8.9

A person with very great knowledge or skill in one subject

is more general and applies to skilled connoisseurs beyond scholarly fields

W

wiz

vsmavin

• Informal

17 8.6

A person who is very skilled at a task or subject

is more about deep knowledge and connoisseurship than quick cleverness

V

virtuoso

vsmavin

12 8.0

A person with very great skill, often in music or art

is broader and covers experts and connoisseurs beyond artistic performance

M

maven

vsmavin

11 8.4

A person who knows a lot about one subject

is the variant spelling of the same expert term

A

adept

vsmavin

3 4.7

A person who is very skilled at something

is more about deep knowledge and taste rather than just skill

K

kenner

vsmavin

9.8

A person who knows a lot about a subject and can judge its quality, like wine or art

is the same meaning expressed in a different form

S

specializer

vsmavin

• US

7.6

A person who focuses on and is very skilled in one area of work or study

is more general and means an expert across topics

Antonyms

A

amateur

122 2.8

A person who does an activity like a sport or hobby for pleasure, not as a job

N

novice

46 3.4

A person new to an activity who has little experience

How Knowledgeable

authority

292 4.2

expert

∞ 3.2

mavin

• US

1 9.9

specialist

352 3.9

practitioner

120 4.0

learner

67 1.0

novice

46 3.4

Surface Forms

Etymology