racist

Other forms of racist

plural

racists·

comparative

racister·

superlative

racistest·

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 racist

What does racist mean?

racist means "based on racial intolerance". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in racist?

racist has 2 syllables: ra-cist. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /ˈɹeɪsɪst/.

What is another word for racist?

Close synonyms include antiblack, anti-Semite, racialist. 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 racist a common word?

racist is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.