lexicographer
Words' meaning cataloger
A lexicographer is a person who writes or edits dictionaries.
The work involves researching how words are used, crafting definitions, and deciding which words merit inclusion.
Noah Webster was America's most influential lexicographer.
Samuel Johnson famously defined lexicographer as "a harmless drudge."
One who revises text
- scholarLearned, studious person
- researcherOne who studies systematically
- linguistExpert in languages
- philologistScholar of language history
etymologist · compiler · definer · wordsmith · terminologist · grammarian
Alphabetical word reference
- thesaurusSynonym and antonym compendium
- glossaryAlphabetical list with definitions
- encyclopediaComprehensive subject-matter collection
- compendiumCondensed reference collection
concordance · wordbook · vocabulary · index · database · archive · catalogue · repository
Statement of meaning
- entryAccess or submission
- lemmaBase form, or helper theorem
- headwordEntry term in dictionaries
- citationMention of a source
corpus · wordlist · cross-reference · pronunciation · collocation · usage · sense · gloss
Study of linguistic meaning
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- pragmaticsLanguage-in-context study
etymology · philology · diachronic · synchronic · sociolinguistics · dialectology · phonetics · orthography
editor
One who revises text
- scholarLearned, studious person
- researcherOne who studies systematically
- linguistExpert in languages
philologist · etymologist · compiler · definer · wordsmith · terminologist · grammarian
dictionary
Alphabetical word reference
- thesaurusSynonym and antonym compendium
- glossaryAlphabetical list with definitions
- encyclopediaComprehensive subject-matter collection
compendium · concordance · wordbook · vocabulary · index · database · archive · catalogue · repository · monolingual
definition
Statement of meaning
citation · corpus · wordlist · cross-reference · pronunciation · collocation · usage · sense · gloss · compilation
semantics
Study of linguistic meaning
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- syntaxRules for arranging words
pragmatics · etymology · philology · diachronic · synchronic · sociolinguistics · dialectology · phonetics · orthography · grammar
meaning
What something signifies
- denotationWord's explicit dictionary meaning
- connotationImplied sense, not dictionary
- polysemyWord having related meanings
homonymy · synonymy · antonymy · neologism · archaism · loanword · borrowing · cognate · etymon · root
- scholarsscholar, professors, professor, researcher, researchers
- humanities careershistorian, philosopher, linguist, archaeologist, anthropologist
- knowledge keepersarchivist, curator, historian, librarian, loremaster
- language professionalstranslator, interpreter, editor, proofreader, copy editor
- word loverslogophile, logophiles, word nerd, word nerds, wordsmith
- word peoplelinguist, neologist, etymologist, grammarian, wordsmith
lexicographertranslator
One who renders between languages
neologist · copywriter · etymologist · grammarian · poet