extremist

Other forms of extremist

plural

extremists·

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 extremist

What does extremist mean?

extremist means "a person who holds extreme views". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in extremist?

extremist has 3 syllables: ex-tre-mist. The stress falls on "tre". In IPA it is /ɛkˈstɹimɪst/.

What is another word for extremist?

Close synonyms include radical, ultra. 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 extremist a common word?

extremist is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.