fundamentalist

1. 1.

   an adherent of fundamentalist principles

   Broaderdisciple
2. 2.

   a supporter of fundamentalism

   BroaderProtestant

1. 1.

   of or relating to or characteristic of Protestant fundamentalism or its adherents

   Synonymsfundamentalistic

   theology

2. 2.

   of or relating to or tending toward ideological fundamentalism

   Synonymsfundamentalistic

Other forms of fundamentalist

plural

fundamentalists·

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 fundamentalist

What does fundamentalist mean?

fundamentalist means "an adherent of fundamentalist principles". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fundamentalist?

fundamentalist has 5 syllables: fun-da-men-ta-list. The stress falls on "men". In IPA it is /ˌfʌndəˈmɛntəlɪst/.

What is another word for fundamentalist?

Close synonyms include fundamentalistic, fundamentalistic. 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 fundamentalist a common word?

fundamentalist 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.

What rhymes with fundamentalist?

2 words rhyme with fundamentalist. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.