psychologist

/saɪˈkɑːlədʒɪst/

nounpsy · chol · o · gist

Think: "PSY" = mind, "CH" = like in school, and "-LOGIST" = a specialist—so a psy-ch-o-logist is a mind specialist.

Yes, it's psychologist. The tricky start is silent P: write **psy-** (like *psychic*), not **sy-**.

Definition

  1. nouna person trained to study the mind and behavior and to help people with mental, emotional, or behavioral problems

Examples

  • After feeling anxious for months, Maya decided to talk with a psychologist.
  • The psychologist asked careful questions and helped him practice new coping skills.
  • Our class learned how a psychologist designs experiments to study memory.

Synonyms

therapistcounselorclinicianmental health professionalbehavioral scientist

Translations

ES psicólogoPT psicólogoFR psychologue

Common misspellings

sycologistpsycologystpsycholigistpsychologisttpsichologistpsychologestpsycholgistpsycholagist

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