exhibitionist

1. 1.

   someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals

   Synonymsflasher

   Broadercompulsive

   Narrowerstreaker
2. 2.

   someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention

   Synonymsshow-off

   Broaderegotist

   Narrowergrandstanderhotdogposeur

Other forms of exhibitionist

plural

exhibitionists·

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 exhibitionist

What does exhibitionist mean?

exhibitionist means "someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in exhibitionist?

exhibitionist has 5 syllables: ex-hi-bit-io-nist. The stress falls on "bit". In IPA it is /ˌɛksəˈbɪʃənɪst/.

What is another word for exhibitionist?

Close synonyms include flasher, show-off. 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 exhibitionist a common word?

exhibitionist is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.