7- and 8-letter words ending with the suffix -IST with definitions
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| 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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