Analyst

n.

1.

One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis.

Noun	1.	analyst - someone who is skilled at analyzing data
	2.	analyst - an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions
	3.	analyst - a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis Synonyms: psychoanalyst

analyzer, assayer, behavior therapist, clinical psychologist, essayer, examiner, experimenter, headshrinker, hypnotherapist, narcotherapist, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychoanalyzer, psychotherapeutist, psychotherapist, research worker, researcher, shrink, shrinker, test driver, test pilot, tester, tryer-out