-ist
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-ist
- /-ɪst/
- /-əst/
Sounds like -est
Where it comes from
From Middle English -ist, -iste, from Old French -iste and Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs), from -ίζω (-ízō, “-ize, -ise”, verbal suffix) + -τής (-tḗs, agent-noun suffix). Equivalent to -ism + -t. Doublet of -ista. The speaker of a language sense is influenced by Esperanto -isto.
suffix -ists · more -ist · most -ist
- a person who studies or practices a particular discipline; botanist, one who studies plants
- a person who uses a device of some kind; violinist, one who plays a violin
- one who engages in a particular type of activity; adventurist, one who takes risks or goes on adventures
- one who suffers from a specific condition or syndrome autist, egoist
- one who subscribes to a particular theological doctrine or religious denomination; Buddhist, Baptist, monotheist
- one who has a certain ideology or set of beliefs; Marxist, modernist, nihilist, existentialist, fascist, pacifist, activist, environmentalist,
- one who owns or manages something; capitalist; industrialist
- a person who holds bigoted, partial views with respect to a particular matter. sexist, racist: Note, these are related to -isms: sexism, racism
- a person who speaks or specializes in a (usually constructed) language. Esperantist, Tokiponist
Translations
Every language
suffix One who follows a particular ideology, doctrine, belief system or theory
| Español | -ista |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | -주의자 -juuija |
| 日本語 | -主義者 -shugisha |
| 中文 | -主義者 /-主义者 -zhǔyìzhě |
| Kiswahili | -isti, mwana-, m- |
| Português | -ista |
| Français | -iste |
| Deutsch | -ist |
| Italiano | -ista |
| Ελληνικά | -ιστής -istís, -ίστρια -ístria |
| Română | -ist |
| Русский | -ист -ist, -и́стка -ístka |
| العربية | ـِيّ nisba |
| עברית | יסט -ist |
suffix A member of a profession or one interested in something
| 한국어 | 가 ga |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 家 |
| 中文 | 家 |
| Kiswahili | mwana- |
| Français | -iste |
| Ελληνικά | -λόγος -lógos |
Talk about this word "-ist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/-ist. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. -ist. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/-ist "-ist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-ist.Cite this
@misc{ist_2026,
title = {-ist},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-ist},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
