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/ˌkɑnəˈsɝ/ · noun
A specialist in a given field whose opinion is highly valued, especially in one of the fine arts or in matters of taste..
beer connoisseur
chocolate connoisseur
wine connoisseur
It is evident, in spite of his frequent attention to her while she draws, that in fact he knows nothing of the matter. He admires as a lover, not as a connoisseur.
No; nonsense, Naumann! English ladies are not at everybody’s service as models. And you want to express too much with your painting. You would only have made a better or worse portrait with a background which every connoisseur would give a different reason for or against.
This, when it was brought to him, he drank slowly, like a connoisseur, lingering on the taste and still looking about him at the cliffs and up at our signboard.
Real connoisseurs know that to nose and taste properly you have to add still water to your tulip-shaped glass so that the alcohol doesn't overwhelm you.
Use connoisseur when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Connoisseur means A specialist in a given field whose opinion is highly valued, especially in one of the fine arts or in matters of taste..
Common synonyms include maven, cognoscente, virtuoso, cognoscenti.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
beer connoisseur
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