rocket scientist

English Thesaurus

1. an engineer who builds and tests rockets (noun.person)

hypernym	:	applied scientist, engineer, technologist,
definition	:	a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	braun, von braun, wernher magnus maximilian von braun, wernher von braun,
definition	:	United States rocket engineer (born in Germany where he designed a missile used against England); he led the United States Army team that put the first American satellite into space (1912-1977) (noun.person)

2. a clever thinker (noun.person)

hypernym	:	thinker,
definition	:	someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision) (noun.person)