Synonyms of the word

head-shrinker

• n. (slang) A psychiatrist or psychotherapist; a shrink.
• n. Literally, one who shrinks heads, as previously done by some Amazon tribes.

barbarian

• adj. Relating to people, countries or customs perceived as uncivilized or inferior.
• n. (historical) a non-Greek or a non-Roman.
• n. An uncivilized or uncultured person, originally compared to the hellenistic Greco-Roman civilisation;…
• n. (derogatory) Someone from a developing country or backward culture.
• n. A warrior, clad in fur or leather, associated with sword and sorcery stories.
• n. (derogatory) A person destitute of culture; a Philistine.
• n. A cruel, savage, brutal person; one without pity or humanity.

headhunter

• n. A savage who cuts off the heads of his enemies, and preserves them as trophies.
• n. One who recruits senior personnel for a company.
• n. (baseball) A pitcher who throws at the batter's head.
• n. (ice hockey) A player who uses a hockey stick to attempt to strike an opponent's head.

psychiatrist

• n. (medicine) A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry.

savage

• adj. Wild; not cultivated.
• adj. Barbaric; not civilized.
• adj. Fierce and ferocious.
• adj. Brutal, vicious, or merciless.
• adj. (Britain, slang) Unpleasant or unfair.
• n. (pejorative) An uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian.
• n. (figuratively) A defiant person.
• v. To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
• v. (figuratively) To criticise vehemently.
• v. (of an animal) To attack with the teeth.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To make savage.

shrink

• v. (transitive) To cause to become smaller.
• v. (intransitive) To become smaller; to contract.
• v. (intransitive) To cower or flinch.
• v. (transitive) To draw back; to withdraw.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To withdraw or retire, as from danger.
• v. (intransitive) To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
• n. Shrinkage; contraction; recoil.
• n. (slang, sometimes pejorative) A psychiatrist or therapist; a head-shrinker.

specialist

• adj. (Britain) Specialised.
• n. Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
• n. (medicine) A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.
• n. (US, military) Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.
• n. An organism that is specialized for a particular environment.