Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun number_cruncher

2 senses of number cruncher

Sense 1
number cruncher -- (someone able to perform complex and lengthy calculations)
       => calculator, reckoner, figurer, estimator, computer -- (an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines))

Sense 2
number cruncher -- (a computer capable of performing a large number of mathematical operations per second)
       => computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system -- (a machine for performing calculations automatically)