pharmacist B2 Topic:People & Society US /ˈfɑɹməsɪst/ See IPA manual Freq #15764 Meanings 1 noun A person whose job is to prepare and sell medicines and give advice on how to use them. The pharmacist explained how often I should take the tablets. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person whose job is to... chemist More apothecarydruggistgallipotpharmacianpharmacopolepharmacopolistquack Word family Forms pharmacists Derived forms ethnopharmacistnonpharmacistpolypharmacistradiopharmacist Related forms pharmacy Etymology AI details From pharmacy (“the art of preparing drugs, a drug, especially laxatives”) + -ist. Topics People & Society External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # pharmacist **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈfɑɹməsɪst/ **Frequency rank:** 15764 ## Meanings 1. A person whose job is to prepare and sell medicines and give advice on how to use them. ## Examples - The pharmacist explained how often I should take the tablets. ## Synonyms - apothecary - chemist - druggist - gallipot - pharmacian - pharmacopole - pharmacopolist - quack ## Derived Forms - ethnopharmacist - nonpharmacist - polypharmacist - radiopharmacist ## Related Forms - pharmacy ## Etymology From pharmacy (“the art of preparing drugs, a drug, especially laxatives”) + -ist. ## AI Etymology Pharmacist comes from pharmacy (“the art of preparing drugs, a drug, especially laxatives”) + -ist. In present-day English it covers a person whose job is to prepare and sell medicines and give advice on how to use them. The wider family includes derived forms such as ethnopharmacist, nonpharmacist, polypharmacist, radiopharmacist and related forms such as pharmacy. ## Topics - People & Society markdown