Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun statistician
2 senses of statistician
Sense 1
statistician, mathematical statistician -- (a mathematician who specializes in statistics)
=> mathematician -- (a person skilled in mathematics)
Sense 2
statistician, actuary -- (someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums))
=> calculator, reckoner, figurer, estimator, computer -- (an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines))