altruist

Other forms of altruist

plural

altruists·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about altruist

What does altruist mean?

altruist means "someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being".

How many syllables are in altruist?

altruist has 3 syllables: al-tru-ist. The stress falls on "al".

What is another word for altruist?

Close synonyms include philanthropist. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is altruist a common word?

altruist is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.