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ist¹

  • /ɪst/

Rhymes with -ɪst

Where it comes from

From the suffix -ist.

noun ists

  1. A practitioner or supporter of an ism. Not the obsession with the isms and the ists of Balls, Miliband, Cooper and Alexander and their acolytes.

IST²

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of InterSwitch Trunk
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of India Standard Time

adjective

  1. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of incompetent to stand trial

Ist³

Where it comes from

From I (Roman numeral representing one) + -st.

adjective

  1. abbreviation, not comparable Abbreviation of first The reply from one large branch of the musculo-cutaneous in the forearm is abolished, but not the reply from the other. 3rd section, replies from musculo-cutaneous in forearm abolished; from Ist and IInd palmar and dorsal digitales collaterales reduced. 4th section, replies from Ist, IInd, and IIIrd

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: believer, disciple, devotee, wer, dies, sic, follower, adherent, imt, edp, ise, ied, esi, iee, tei, tsi

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"ist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ist. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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ist. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ist

Chicago

"ist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ist.

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@misc{ist_2026,
  title = {ist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}