theoretician
/ˌθɪərɪˈtɪʃ(ə)n
/noun
A person who forms, develops, or studies the theoretical framework of a subject.Researchers and theoreticians have developed more sophisticated ways of thinking about fathers....
- A senior leader of the Communist Party of China has asked Chinese theoreticians to be more innovative and to study ways to adapt the Party's theories and work to the times.
- This House sits here and deliberates on a bill like this from the perspective of academics, theoreticians, and philosophers.
Rhymes
- come to blows
- come to grief
- come to naught
- come to no harm
- come to nothing
- come to (or meet) a sticky end
- come to pass
- come to rest
- come to someone's assistance
- come to someone's knowledge
- come to terms with
- come to that (or if it comes to that)
- come to think of it
- come true
- come under
- come unglued
- come up
- come up against
- come up against (or hit) a brick wall
- come up dry
- come upon
- come up (or be given) with the rations
- come up (or go down) in the world
- come up (or out) smelling of roses
- comeuppance