7- and 8-letter words ending with the suffix -IST with definitions
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Note: this list is built from spelling, not meaning. Some words here end with the right letters but do not really use the suffix in its usual sense. They are included on purpose: for Scrabble we suggest learning the suffix as a letter pattern rather than learning the meanings.
| FRONT | WORD | BACK | DEFINITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | ABLEIST | S | [n. -S] · one that practices ableism |
| — | AGONIST | S | [n. -S] · one that is engaged in a struggle |
| — | ALTOIST | S | [n. -S] · one who plays the alto saxophone |
| — | AMORIST | S | [n. -S] · a lover |
| — | ANIMIST | S | [n. -S] · an adherent of animism |
| — | ATAVIST | S | [n. -S] · an individual displaying atavism |
| — | ATHEIST | S | [n. -S] · a believer in atheism |
| — | ATOMIST | S | [n. -S] · an adherent of atomism «the theory that the universe is composed of simple, indivisible, minute particles» |
| — | BAPTIST | S | [n. -S] · one who baptizes «to administer baptism to» / [x] { baptist baptizer § baptists baptizers } |
| — | BASSIST | S | [n. -S] · a person who plays a double bass |
| — | BIBLIST | S | [n. -S] · one who takes the words of the Bible literally |
| — | BUNDIST | S | [n. -S] · a member of a bund |
| — | CAMBIST | S | [n. -S] · a dealer in bills of exchange |
| — | CASUIST | S | [n. -S] · one who resolves ethical problems |
| — | CELLIST | S | [n. -S] · one who plays the cello |
| — | CHEMIST | S | [n. -S] · one versed in chemistry / [x] { chemic chemist chymic chymist § chemics chemists chymics chymists § chemics } |
| — | CHUTIST | S | [n. -S] · a parachutist / [x] { chutist parachutist § chutists parachutists } |
| — | CHYMIST | S | [n. -S] · chemist / [x] { chemic chemist chymic chymist § chemics chemists chymics chymists § chemics } |
| — | CLADIST | S | [n. -S] · a taxonomist who uses clades in classifying life-forms~ |
| — | COEXIST | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to exist together |
| — | CONSIST | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to be made up or composed |
| — | COPYIST | S | [n. -S] · an imitator |
| — | COSMIST | S | [n. -S] · a supporter of cosmism |
| — | CULTIST | S | [n. -S] · a member of a cult |
| — | CYCLIST | S | [n. -S] · one who rides a bicycle |
| — | CZARIST | S | [n. -S] · a supporter of czarism / [x] { czarist tsarist tzarist § czarists tsarists tzarists § czarist tsarist tzarist } |
| — | DADAIST | S | [n. -S] · a follower of dadaism |
| — | DENTIST | S | [n. -S] · one who treats the teeth |
| — | DIALIST | S | [n. -S] · a dialer / [x] { dialist diallist § dialists diallists } |
| — | DIARIST | S | [n. -S] · one who keeps a diary |
| — | DUALIST | S | [n. -S] · an adherent of dualism |
| — | DUELIST | S | [n. -S] · a dueler «one that duels» / [x] { dueler duelist dueller duellist § duelers duelists duellers duellists } |
| — | EGOTIST | S | [n. -S] · a conceited person |
| — | ELEGIST | S | [n. -S] · one that writes elegies |
| — | ELITIST | S | [n. -S] · an adherent of elitism |
| — | ENTWIST | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to twist together / [x] { entwist entwisted entwisting entwists intwist intwisted intwisting intwists } |
| — | EPEEIST | S | [n. -S] · one who fences with an epee |
| — | ETATIST | — | < ETATISM, [n. -S] · state socialism - ETATIST [a.] |
| — | FADDIST | S | [n. -S] · a faddish person |
| — | FASCIST | S | [n. -S] · an advocate of fascism |
| — | FAUNIST | S | [n. -S] · a specialist on faunas |
| — | FAUVIST | S | [n. -S] · an advocate of fauvism «a movement in painting» / [x] { fauve fauvist § fauves fauvists } |
| — | FEUDIST | S | [n. -S] · one that feuds |
| — | FIDEIST | S | [n. -S] · a believer in fideism |
| — | FLORIST | S | [n. -S] · a grower or seller of flowers |
| — | FLUTIST | S | [n. -S] · one who plays the flute / [x] { flautist fluter flutist § flautists fluters flutists } |
| — | FOILIST | S | [n. -S] · one who fences with a foil |
| — | FUGUIST | S | [n. -S] · one who composes fugues |
| — | GNOMIST | S | [n. -S] · a writer of aphorisms |
| — | HARPIST | S | [n. -S] · one that plays the harp / [x] { harper harpist § harpers harpists } |
| — | HORNIST | S | [n. -S] · a French horn player |
| — | HYGEIST | S | [n. -S] · an expert in hygiene / [x] { hygeist hygieist § hygeists hygieists } |
| — | HYMNIST | S | [n. -S] · one who composes hymns |
| — | IDYLIST | S | [n. -S] · a writer of idyls / [x] { idylist idyllist § idylists idyllists } |
| — | IMAGIST | S | [n. -S] · an adherent of imagism «a movement in poetry» |
| — | INTWIST | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to entwist «to twist together» / [x] { entwist entwisted entwisting entwists intwist intwisted intwisting intwists } |
| — | IRONIST | S | [n. -S] · one who uses irony |
| — | JUDOIST | S | [n. -S] · one skilled in judo |
| — | JUJUIST | S | [n. -S] · a follower of jujuism |
| — | LEFTIST | S | [n. -S] · an advocate of leftism |
| — | LOOKIST | S | [n. -S] · one that practices lookism «discrimination based on physical appearance» |
| — | METRIST | S | [n. -S] · one who metrifies «to compose in metrical form» |
| — | MIDLIST | S | [n. -S] · a section of a publisher's list of current titles |
| — | NARCIST | S | [n. -S] · one given to narcism / [x] { narcissist narcist § narcissists narcists } |
| — | OCULIST | S | [n. -S] · a physician who treats diseases of the eye |
| O | OLOGIST | S | [n. -S] · an expert in a particular ology |
| — | ONANIST | S | [n. -S] · one who practices onanism «coitus deliberately interrupted to prevent insemination» |
| M | ORALIST | S | [n. -S] · an advocate of oralism «the use of oral methods of teaching the deaf» |
| — | PALMIST | S | [n. -S] · a fortune-teller~ / [x] { palmist palmister § palmisters palmists } |
| — | PANNIST | S | [n. -S] · a person who plays a steel drum |
| — | PERSIST | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to continue resolutely in some activity |
| — | PIANIST | S | [n. -S] · one who plays the piano |
| — | PIETIST | S | [n. -S] · a pious person |
| — | PLENIST | S | [n. -S] · an advocate of plenism «the doctrine that space is fully occupied by matter» |
| — | POLLIST | S | [n. -S] · a poller «one that polls» / [x] { poller pollist pollster § pollers pollists pollsters } |
| — | POLOIST | S | [n. -S] · a polo player |
| — | PROTIST | S | [n. -S] · any of a group of unicellular organisms / [x] { protist protistan § protistans protists } |
| — | QUERIST | S | [n. -S] · one who queries / [x] { querier querist § queriers querists } |
| — | REALIST | S | [n. -S] · one who is concerned with fact or reality |
| — | RETWIST | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to twist again + |
| — | REVUIST | S | [n. -S] · a writer of revues |
| — | SACRIST | SY | [n. -S] · a person in charge of a sacristy |
| — | SIZEIST | S | † [n. -S] a person who discriminates against obese people |
| — | SOLOIST | S | [n. -S] · one that performs a solo |
| — | SOPHIST | S | [n. -S] · one that uses sophisms |
| — | STATIST | S | [n. -S] · an adherent of statism |
| — | STYLIST | S | [n. -S] · one who is a master of a literary or rhetorical style |
| — | SUBSIST | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to continue to exist |
| — | SUMOIST | S | [n. -S] · a sumo wrestler |
| — | TACHIST | ES | [n. -S] · an action painter / [x] { tachist tachiste § tachistes tachists } |
| — | TENNIST | S | [n. -S] · a tennis player |
| — | TITLIST | S | [n. -S] · a sports champion |
| — | TOURIST | ASY | [n. -S] · one who tours for pleasure - TOURISTY [a.] |
| — | TSARIST | S | [n. -S] · czarist / [x] { czarist tsarist tzarist § czarists tsarists tzarists § czarist tsarist tzarist } |
| — | TUBAIST | S | [n. -S] · a tuba player / [x] { tubaist tubist § tubaists tubists } |
| — | TZARIST | S | [n. -S] · czarist / [x] { czarist tsarist tzarist § czarists tsarists tzarists § czarist tsarist tzarist } |
| — | UNTWIST | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to untwine «to separate the twisted or tangled parts of» |
| — | UTOPIST | S | [n. -S] · a utopian / [x] { utopian utopist § utopians utopists § utopian utopist } |
| — | VIOLIST | S | [n. -S] · one who plays the viol or viola |
| FRONT | WORD | BACK | DEFINITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | ACTIVIST | S | [n. -S] · an advocate of activism |
| — | ALARMIST | S | [n. -S] · one who alarms others needlessly |
| — | ALIENIST | S | [n. -S] · a physician who treats mental disorders |
| — | ALPINIST | S | [n. -S] · a mountain climber |
| — | ALTRUIST | S | [n. -S] · one that practices altruism |
| — | ANNALIST | S | [n. -S] · a historian |
| — | APHORIST | S | [n. -S] · one that aphorizes «to write or speak in aphorisms» |
| — | APIARIST | S | [n. -S] · a person who raises bees / [x] { apiarian apiarist § apiarians apiarists } |
| — | AQUARIST | S | [n. -S] · one who keeps an aquarium |
| — | ARBALIST | S | [n. -S] · arbalest «a type of crossbow» / [x] { arbalest arbalist arbelest § arbalests arbalists arbelests } |
| — | ARBORIST | S | [n. -S] · a tree specialist |
| — | ARCHAIST | S | [n. -S] · one that archaizes «to use archaisms» |
| — | ARSONIST | S | [n. -S] · one that commits arson |
| — | ATTICIST | S | [n. -S] · one who uses atticisms |
| — | AVIARIST | S | [n. -S] · the keeper of an aviary |
| — | BACKLIST | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to include in a publisher's list of older book titles |
| — | BANJOIST | S | [n. -S] · one who plays the banjo |
| — | BIGAMIST | S | [n. -S] · one who commits bigamy |
| — | BLURBIST | S | [n. -S] · one that blurbs |
| — | BONGOIST | S | [n. -S] · a bongo player |
| — | BOTANIST | S | [n. -S] · one skilled in botany |
| — | CABALIST | S | [n. -S] · one who practices cabalism «adherence to a cabala» / [x] { cabalist cabbalist kabalist § cabalists cabbalists kabalists } |
| — | CANOEIST | S | [n. -S] · one who canoes / [x] { canoeist canoeman canoer § canoeists canoemen canoers } |
| — | CANONIST | S | [n. -S] · a specialist in canon law |
| — | CENTRIST | S | [n. -S] · an advocate of centrism |
| — | CERAMIST | S | [n. -S] · one who makes ceramics |
| — | CHARTIST | S | [n. -S] · a stock market specialist |
| — | CLASSIST | S | [n. -S] · an advocate of classism |
| — | COASSIST | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to assist jointly |
| — | COLONIST | S | [n. -S] · one who settles a colony |
| — | COLORIST | S | [n. -S] · a person skilled in the use of color |
| — | COMEDIST | S | [n. -S] · a writer of comedies |
| — | DEMONIST | S | [n. -S] · one who believes in demons |
| — | DEMOTIST | S | [n. -S] · a student of demotic writings |
| — | DIALLIST | S | [n. -S] · dialist «a dialer» / [x] { dialist diallist § dialists diallists } |
| — | DIGAMIST | S | [n. -S] · one who practices digamy «a second legal marriage» |
| — | DITHEIST | S | [n. -S] · an adherent of ditheism «belief in two coequal gods» |
| — | DRUGGIST | S | [n. -S] · a pharmacist |
| — | DUELLIST | S | [n. -S] · duelist / [x] { dueler duelist dueller duellist § duelers duelists duellers duellists } |
| — | DUETTIST | S | [n. -S] · a participant in a duet |
| — | DYNAMIST | S | [n. -S] · an adherent of dynamism |
| — | ESCAPIST | S | [n. -S] · one given to escapism |
| — | ESSAYIST | S | [n. -S] · a writer of essays |
| — | ETHICIST | S | [n. -S] · a specialist in ethics / [x] { ethician ethicist § ethicians ethicists } |
| — | EUGENIST | S | [n. -S] · a student of eugenics |
| — | EULOGIST | S | [n. -S] · one that eulogizes «to praise highly» |
| — | EUPHUIST | S | [n. -S] · one given to euphuism |
| — | EXORCIST | S | [n. -S] · one who practices exorcism |
| — | FABULIST | S | [n. -S] · a liar |
| — | FAMILIST | — | < FAMILISM, [n. -S] · a social structure in which the family takes precedence over the individual - FAMILIST FAMILISTIC [adj.] (=familist) |
| — | FATALIST | S | [n. -S] · a believer in fatalism |
| — | FEMINIST | S | [n. -S] · a supporter of feminism |
| — | FINALIST | S | [n. -S] · a contestant who reaches the last part of a competition |
| — | FINITIST | S | [n. -S] · an advocate of finitism «the belief that a particular entity is finite» |
| — | FLAUTIST | S | [n. -S] · flutist / [x] { flautist fluter flutist § flautists fluters flutists } |
| — | FUTURIST | S | [n. -S] · an advocate of futurism |
| — | HAGADIST | S | [n. -S] · a haggadic scholar / [x] { hagadist haggadist § hagadists haggadists } |
| — | HALAKIST | S | [n. -S] · a halakic writer |
| — | HANDLIST | S | [n. -S] · a reference list |
| — | HEDONIST | S | [n. -S] · a follower of hedonism |
| — | HOBBYIST | S | [n. -S] · one that pursues a hobby |
| — | HOMILIST | S | [n. -S] · one that delivers a homily |
| — | HUMANIST | S | [n. -S] · one who studies human nature |
| — | HUMORIST | S | [n. -S] · a humorous writer or entertainer |
| — | HYGIEIST | S | [n. -S] · hygeist «an expert in hygiene» / [x] { hygeist hygieist § hygeists hygieists } |
| — | IDEALIST | S | [n. -S] · an adherent of idealism |
| — | IDYLLIST | S | [n. -S] · idylist «a writer of idyls» / [x] { idylist idyllist § idylists idyllists } |
| — | INTIMIST | S | [n. -S] · a writer or artist who deals with deep personal experiences |
| — | JEHADIST | S | [n. -S] · jihadist / [x] { jehadi jehadist jihadi jihadist § jehadis jehadists jihadis jihadists } |
| — | JIHADIST | S | [n. -S] · a jihadi / [x] { jehadi jehadist jihadi jihadist § jehadis jehadists jihadis jihadists } |
| — | JINGOIST | S | [n. -S] · a jingo «a zealous patriot» / [x] { jingo jingoist § jingoes jingoists § jingoish } |
| — | JUNGLIST | S | [n. -S] · a performer of a style of fast dance music |
| — | KABALIST | S | [n. -S] · cabalist «one who practices cabalism» / [x] { cabalist cabbalist kabalist § cabalists cabbalists kabalists } |
| — | KENDOIST | S | [n. -S] · one skilled in kendo |
| — | LAPIDIST | S | [n. -S] · a lapidary |
| — | LEGALIST | S | [n. -S] · an adherent of legalism |
| — | LIBELIST | S | [n. -S] · a libeler «one that libels» |
| — | LINGUIST | S | [n. -S] · a person skilled in several languages |
| — | LOBBYIST | S | [n. -S] · one who lobbies |
| — | LOCALIST | S | [n. -S] · one who is strongly concerned with the matters of a locality |
| — | LOYALIST | S | [n. -S] · one who is loyal |
| — | LUMINIST | S | [n. -S] · a painter who uses the effects of light |
| — | LUTANIST | S | [n. -S] · one who plays the lute / [x] { lutanist lutenist lutist § lutanists lutenists lutists } |
| — | LUTENIST | S | [n. -S] · lutanist «one who plays the lute» / [x] { lutanist lutenist lutist § lutanists lutenists lutists } |
| — | LYRICIST | S | [n. -S] · one who writes the words for songs |
| — | MEDALIST | S | [n. -S] · a person to whom a medal has been awarded / [x] { medalist medallist § medalists medallists } |
| — | MELANIST | S | [n. -S] · a melanic «one who is affected with melanism» / [x] { melanic melanist § melanics melanists } |
| — | MELODIST | S | [n. -S] · a composer of melodies |
| — | METALIST | S | [n. -S] · one who works with metals / [x] { metalist metallist § metalists metallists } |
| — | MODALIST | S | [n. -S] · an adherent of modalism |
| — | MODELIST | S | [n. -S] · one who makes models |
| — | MONODIST | S | [n. -S] · one who writes monodies |
| A | MORALIST | S | [n. -S] · a teacher of morality |
| — | MOTORIST | S | [n. -S] · one who travels by automobile |
| — | MURALIST | S | [n. -S] · a painter of murals |
| — | NATIVIST | S | [n. -S] · an advocate of nativism |
| — | NATURIST | S | [n. -S] · a nudist |
| — | NEPOTIST | S | [n. -S] · one who practices nepotism |
| — | NIELLIST | S | [n. -S] · one that niellos «to decorate with niello» |
| — | NIHILIST | S | [n. -S] · an adherent of nihilism |
| — | NOVELIST | S | [n. -S] · a writer of novels |
| — | OGHAMIST | S | [n. -S] · one who writes in ogham |
| Z | OOLOGIST | S | [n. -S] · an expert in oology |
| — | OPTICIST | S | [n. -S] · one engaged in the study of light and vision |
| — | OPTIMIST | S | [n. -S] · one who exhibits optimism |
| — | ORGANIST | S | [n. -S] · one who plays the organ |
| — | PACIFIST | S | [n. -S] · an advocate of pacifism |
| — | PAGANIST | S | [n. -S] · a pagan / [x] { pagan paganist paynim § paganists pagans paynims } |
| — | PANELIST | S | [n. -S] · a member of a discussion or advisory group / [x] { panelist panellist § panelists panellists } |
| — | PAPALIST | S | [n. -S] · an advocate of papal supremacy |
| — | PARODIST | S | [n. -S] · one who parodies |
| — | PHALLIST | S | [n. -S] · one who practices phallism «worship of the phallus as symbolic of nature's creative power» |
| — | PLAYLIST | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to include on a playlist (=playlisted playlisting) |
| — | POLEMIST | S | [n. -S] · one who engages in polemics |
| — | POPULIST | S | [n. -S] · a member of a party which represents the common people |
| — | PREEXIST | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to exist before |
| — | PROSAIST | S | [n. -S] · a writer of prose |
| — | PSALMIST | S | [n. -S] · a writer of psalms |
| — | PUGILIST | S | [n. -S] · one who fights with his fists |
| — | QUIETIST | S | [n. -S] · an advocate of quietism «a form of religious mysticism» |
| — | RALLYIST | S | [n. -S] · a participant in a rallye |
| — | REENLIST | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to enlist again + |
| — | RIGHTIST | S | [n. -S] · an advocate of rightism «a conservative political philosophy» |
| — | RIGORIST | S | [n. -S] · one that professes rigorism |
| — | ROYALIST | S | [n. -S] · a supporter of a monarch or monarchy |
| — | RURALIST | S | [n. -S] · one who lives in the country / [x] { ruralist ruralite § ruralists ruralites } |
| — | SAPPHIST | S | [n. -S] · a lesbian |
| — | SARODIST | S | [n. -S] · one who plays the sarod |
| — | SATANIST | S | [n. -S] · one who practices satanism |
| — | SATIRIST | S | [n. -S] · one who satirizes «to subject to satire» |
| — | SCIOLIST | S | [n. -S] · one whose knowledge is superficial |
| — | SEMITIST | S | [n. -S] · one who favors Jewish~ interests |
| — | SHITLIST | S | [n. -S] · a number of persons who are strongly disapproved of -- usually considered vulgar |
| — | SHOOTIST | S | [n. -S] · one that is skilled at shooting |
| — | SIMONIST | S | [n. -S] · a simoniac «one who practices simony» / [x] { simoniac simonist § simoniacs simonists } |
| — | SIMPLIST | S | [n. -S] · a person given to simplism |
| — | SITARIST | S | [n. -S] · one who plays the sitar |
| — | SODALIST | S | [n. -S] · a member of a sodality |
| — | SODOMIST | S | [n. -S] · a sodomite «one who practices sodomy» / [x] { sodomist sodomite § sodomists sodomites } |
| — | SOLECIST | S | [n. -S] · one who solecizes «to use solecisms» |
| — | STOCKIST | S | [n. -S] · one who stocks goods |
| — | TANTRIST | S | [n. -S] · an adherent of tantrism |
| — | TENORIST | S | [n. -S] · one who sings tenor or plays a tenor instrument |
| — | THEORIST | S | [n. -S] · one that theorizes |
| — | TOTALIST | S | [n. -S] · one who tends to regard things as a unified whole |
| — | TOTEMIST | S | [n. -S] · a specialist in totemism / [x] { totemist totemite § totemists totemites } |
| — | TRIALIST | S | [n. -S] · a person who participates in a test of something |
| — | ULTRAIST | S | [n. -S] · an advocate of extreme measures / [x] { ultra ultraist § ultraists ultras } |
| — | UNIONIST | S | [n. -S] · an advocate of unionism |
| — | URBANIST | S | [n. -S] · a specialist in city planning |
| — | VEGETIST | S | [n. -S] · one that eats only plant products |
| — | VITALIST | S | [n. -S] · an advocate of vitalism «a philosophical doctrine» |
| — | VOCALIST | S | [n. -S] · a singer |
| — | VOTARIST | S | [n. -S] · a votary «a person who is bound by religious vows» / [x] { votarist votary § votaries votarists } |
| — | WAITLIST | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to put on a list of persons waiting |
| — | WOMANIST | S | [n. -S] · a supporter of womanism |
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