1. virtuoso(n = noun.person) ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard - someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field;
is a kind of expert
has particulars: track star
Derived form adjective virtuoso1
2. virtuoso(n = noun.person) - a musician who is a consummate master of technique and artistry;
is a kind of musician
Derived form adjective virtuoso1
virtuoso(s = adj.all) consummate, masterful, masterly - having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance"
Derived forms noun virtuoso1, noun virtuoso2
1. One devoted to virtu; one skilled in the fine arts, in antiquities, and the like; a collector or ardent admirer of curiosities, etc. [1913 Webster]
"Virtuoso the Italians call a man who loves the noble arts, and is a critic in them." [1913 Webster]
2. A performer on some instrument, as the violin or the piano, who excels in the technical part of his art; a brilliant concert player. [1913 Webster]
virtuoso, n. (pl. virtuosi or -os)
1 a a person highly skilled in the technique of a fine art, esp. music. b (attrib.) displaying the skills of a virtuoso.
2 a person with a special knowledge of or taste for works of art or virtu.
Derivative:
virtuosic adj. virtuosity n. virtuosoship n.
Etymology:
It., = learned, skilful, f. LL (as VIRTUOUS)
N taste, good taste, refined taste, cultivated taste, delicacy, refinement, fine feeling, gust, gusto, tact, finesse, nicety, to prepon, polish, elegance, grace, judgment, discernment, dilettantism, dilettanteism, virtu, fine art, culture, cultivation, aesthetics, man of taste, connoisseur, judge, critic, conoscente, virtuoso, amateur, dilettante, Aristarchus, Corinthian, arbiter elegantiarum, stagirite, euphemist, caviare to the general, in good taste, cute, tasteful, tasty, unaffected, pure, chaste, classical, attic, cultivated, refined, dainty, esthetic, aesthetic, artistic, elegant, euphemistic, to one's taste, to one's mind, after one's fancy, comme il faut, tire a quatre epingles, elegantly, nihil tetigit quod non ornavit, chacun a son gout, oculi pictura tenentur aures cantibus, taste, flavor, gust, gusto, savor, gout, relish, sapor, sapidity, twang, smack, smatch, aftertaste, tang, tasting, degustation, gustation, palate, tongue, tooth, stomach, sapid, saporific, gustable, gustatory, gustful, strong, gamy, palatable.