Analyst

n. examiner, one who analyzes

Analyst generally is a term for an individual or tool of whom or which the primary function is a deep examination of a specific, limited area and may mean:Accounting analyst, in business an individual who examines the financial statements of public companies.Business analyst, in business an employee who examines the needs and concerns of clients and stakeholders to determine where potential problems and opportunities lie, known also as a Business Systems Analyst.Color analyst, in sports broadcasting an individual who, as against a play-by-play announcer, provides analysis and commentary.Cost analyst, in business an employee who analyzes business operations to determine which courses of action are most efficacious.Financial analyst, in economics and finance an individual who analyzes securities and business equity.Industry analyst, in business and finance an individual who performs market research on segments of specific industries toward the identification of trends.Patent analyst, in the field of intellectual property an individual who performs patent and non-patent literature searches to determine the patentability of an invention. Psychoanalyst, in psychotherapy a practitioner who acts to elucidate connections in a patient's unconscious or subconscious mind.Public analyst, in the United Kingdom a duly qualified chemist appointed by a local authority.Systems Analyst or Information Analyst in computer science is an individual who analyzes technical design and functional design for development of new software.Web metrics Analyst, in webometrics an individual who examines trends and patterns in the use and expansion of the World Wide Web.An analyst in mathematics is an individual who focuses in the area of mathematical analysis.
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Noun
1. someone who is skilled at analyzing data
(hypernym) expert
(hyponym) assayer
(derivation) analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart
2. an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions
(hypernym) expert
(hyponym) credit analyst
(derivation) analyze, analyse
3. a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis
(synonym) psychoanalyst
(hypernym) psychiatrist, head-shrinker, shrink
(hyponym) Freud, Sigmund Freud
(derivation) analyze, analyse, psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse

(n.)
One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis.
  

noun
(a) person who examines samples of substances or tissue, to find out what they are made of
(b) = PSYCHOANALYST