/ Thesaurus / R Synonyms of richard j. roberts Find synonyms for: Noun1. Roberts, Richard J. Roberts, Richard John Robertsusage: United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: beseech Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language