guru

noun

ˈgu̇r-(ˌ)ü How to pronounce guru (audio)
Definition of gurunext
1
as in expert
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field one of those weather gurus that the television networks always drag out whenever there's a big blizzard brewing

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2
as in practitioner
one who brings an art or science to full realization the leading guru of electronic music in the 1960s

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Recent Examples of guru Available gift amounts: $25 – $150 Etsy E-Gift Card Any tech guru would be so happy to unwrap an Apple gift card. — StyleCaster, 8 Apr. 2025 Here’s the big number stat of the day brought to us by CNBC data guru Gina Francolla: roughly 29 billion. — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025 Fans loved hearing the anecdote from the former fitness guru, and left their comments on a video of the clip which was posted to Instagram. — Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025 Brand guru Leonard Armato—well-known in the sports industry for serving as CMO of Skechers as well as founding Shaquille O’Neal’s shoe brand and the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball tour—set up the lunch at Petros, walking distance from his home. — Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for guru
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guru
  1. expert
  2. practitioner
  3. master
  4. exponent
  5. scholar
  6. adept
  7. wizard
  8. virtuoso
Noun
  • All the fashion experts—including Hailey Bieber—have surrendered to their charm.
    — Isabel Serra, Glamour, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The experts predict the economy will nearly stall in 2025, growing 0.8%, down from their projection of 1.7% just last month, according to the average estimate of 46 economists surveyed by Wolters Kluwer Blue Chip Economic Indicators on April 4 and April 7.
    — John Bacon, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2025
Definition of expert
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  • Facilitated by a team that includes faculty members from the PNW’s College of Business, as well as leadership practitioners, the LNI program meets monthly from September 2025 to May 2026.
    — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Much of black metal has typically maligned Christianity and other institutional religions, and some practitioners took parts in Norwegian church burnings in the 1990s.
    — Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2025
Definition of practitioner
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  • According to a press statement from the HBCU, graduates from the university’s 14 schools and colleges this year will be among the largest graduating classes in the institution’s history to receive bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in various disciplines.
    — DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The images feature the brand’s ready-to-wear, custom and bespoke suits, the latter of which are available by appointment with the company’s master tailor.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
Definition of master
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  • Finding Wiggle Room There is no fast, general purpose method for finding the minima of functions raised to high exponents.
    — Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
  • That would have given him more complicated Taylor approximations, with exponents greater than 2.
    — Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
Definition of exponent
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  • Legal scholars have said there is little legal precedent for Trump's war on Big Law, which has created a chilling effect across the legal community, and most will certainly have a chilling effect on his opponents who will need legal representation against him.
    — Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2025
  • On top of that, the Trump administration has detained some international scholars who have expressed support for Palestinian causes or criticized Israel over the war in Gaza.
    — Tinbete Ermyas, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of scholar
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  • The younger Aes Sedai adept is busy learning the ways of walking in Tel’aran’rhiod, the dreamworld overlaid atop the real one and parallel to the regular, non-magical dreams most people experience.
    — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Perhaps Sheridan’s greatest magic trick occurs on Landman, where the adept acting of Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Hamm make the case that Thornton’s oil-field fixer and Hamm’s billionaire are the true American martyrs.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025
Definition of adept
Noun
  • Can your brain be trained to become a chart-predicting wizard?
    — Dividend Channel, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • See It, Feel It, Buy It Six years after The Who released Tommy, the British rockers followed it with a 1975 film starring Roger Daltrey as the titular pinball wizard.
    — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of wizard
Noun
  • From there, the brothers rope in a boozy harmonica virtuoso named Delta Slim (Delroy Lindo), who only accepts the gig after the brothers agree to pay him in Irish beer.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Throughout, he’s depicted as an anxious man with big feelings, a musical virtuoso whose shame, self-esteem and addiction issues were spawned as a young child bearing witness to domestic disputes.
    — Derek Scancarelli, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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