virtuosos

noun

variants or virtuosi
plural of virtuoso
as in experts
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field a violin virtuoso

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Recent Examples of virtuosos The decade featured some of the most revered and celebrated virtuosos to ever walk the planet, both critically and commercially. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026 Other guitar virtuosos might crave at least a little downtime between concluding a Las Vegas concert residency with one band and launching a national tour with another band, not but Joe Satriani. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026 Suffused with dread and bathed in reverb, the record captures two virtuosos at their most vulnerable. — Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 Jan. 2026 Part conference, part concert, part gear exhibition, the event blends industry showcases, the prestigious IBMA Awards, and a two-day outdoor festival that fills downtown with powerhouse pickers, mandolin virtuosos, and heavenly harmonizing trios. — Ellen Carpenter, AFAR Media, 15 Jan. 2026 They were accompanied by vocal virtuosos Lucius and blues-rock rippers Judith Hill and Eric Krasno, each fixtures in the local music community trying to rebuild itself in the wake of the Eaton fire. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026 Geese, a quartet of young rock virtuosos from Brooklyn, capture the vibe shift in freaky fidelity. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025 He will be joined by two other virtuosos, Kiya Tabassian, on setar, and Behrouz Jamali, on tombak. — Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025 Most of the seven-track project was recorded in a 10-day period at a Los Angeles home studio, where Afrobeats superproducers GuiltyBeatz and P2J and R&B virtuosos Jack Dine and Cam Griffin congregated to craft Odeal’s vibrant, vulnerable sound. — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for virtuosos
  1. experts
  2. adepts
  3. scholars
  4. masters
  5. artists
  6. gurus
  7. wizards
  8. maestros
Noun
  • Below, the experts break down this fall’s biggest makeup trends.
    — Loren Savini, Allure, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Though historically rare, murder or homicide charges in high-speed crashes that don’t involve drugs or alcohol are becoming increasingly common, according to experts interviewed by USA TODAY.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of experts
Noun
  • Still, the question of what Ebel was doing with his adepts swept through Prussia, dominating the newspapers that had only recently begun to emerge from their eighteenth-century chronicling of obligations to a more modern publicizing role.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • He was investigated by the SS on the orders of Heinrich Himmler but convinced his investigators, all adepts of Deutsche Physik, that he was engaged in worthwhile teaching and research.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Definition of adepts
Noun
  • Solano-De Carrier noted that part of the American dream for Latinos is the ability to envision themselves as scholars, generational talents, or even power players in the economy.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • In 2025, a team of scholars convened a hundred and twenty experts from a range of disciplines, asking them to evaluate the arguments in the book.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of scholars
Noun
  • At Berkeley, that includes programs like masters’ degrees in business administration and public policy.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Jomo Hankerson alleged his father violated a settlement agreement over recording masters and music publishing rights for the works of Aaliyah, Toni Braxton, DMX and Timbaland.
    — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of masters
Noun
  • Since June, over 130 artists, fabricators, and volunteers have worked on the project at Seaport Studios in Richmond, California.
    — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The famed Magic Castle will supply the artists and show direction at Knott’s Scary Farm recently refurbished Bird Cage Theater.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of artists
Noun
  • His platform features a portal where real monks and gurus can come online and do live sessions with devotees.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Typically, at this age, the B and C-listers typically turn into self-help gurus who suddenly start praying to some butterfly goddess while on a retreat in Costa Rica.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of gurus
Noun
  • This means the team members don’t need to be tech wizards to build custom reference material.
    — K.H. Koehler, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Players can also customize a walking castle and investigate a mystery involving missing wizards.
    — Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of wizards
Noun
  • To some maestros of the whiteboard, the wackier, the more parties involved, the better.
    — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 23 July 2026
  • Home to modernist maestros Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Louis Sullivan.
    — Amy Tara Koch, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2025
Definition of maestros

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“Virtuosos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virtuosos. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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