COLLOQUIALISTS Antonyms

• An overly formal person, especially one who adheres to current forms; a stickler

• An advocate of formalism

• a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax

• a specialist in linguistics

• a person who speaks more than one language

• a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit

• engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood

• of or relating to or suitable as a profession

• characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession

• of or relating to a profession

• a person engaged in one of the learned professions

• an athlete who plays for pay

• an authority qualified to teach apprentices

• engaged in by members of a profession

• someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)

• a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

• someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

• a student who holds a scholarship