impressionist

1. 1.

   a painter who follows the theories of Impressionism

   Broaderpainter

1. 1.

   relating to or characteristic of Impressionism

   “impressionist music”

   Synonymsimpressionistic

Other forms of impressionist

plural

impressionists·

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 impressionist

What does impressionist mean?

impressionist means "a painter who follows the theories of Impressionism". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in impressionist?

impressionist has 4 syllables: im-pres-sio-nist. The stress falls on "pres". In IPA it is /ˌɪmˈpɹɛʃənəst/.

What is another word for impressionist?

Close synonyms include impressionistic. 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 impressionist a common word?

impressionist 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.