traditionalist

Other forms of traditionalist

plural

traditionalists·

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 traditionalist

What does traditionalist mean?

traditionalist means "one who adheres to traditional views". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in traditionalist?

traditionalist has 5 syllables: tra-dit-io-na-list. The stress falls on "dit". In IPA it is /tɹəˈdɪʃənəlɪst/.

What is another word for traditionalist?

Close synonyms include diehard, hidebound. 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 traditionalist a common word?

traditionalist 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.