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ecologist

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /iːˈkɒləd͡ʒɪst/
  • /ɪˈkɒləd͡ʒɪst/
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  • CMU ARPABET: IH0 K AA1 L AH0 JH IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A scholar of ecology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An environmentalist (one who advocates for the protection of the environment).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncommon

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: biologist, life scientist

History

Etymology

From eco- + -logist. The less common sense “environmentalist” might be from association with deep ecology, or influenced by Romance-language equivalents such as Spanish ecologista (“environmentalist”).

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: ecólogu — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Catalan: ecòleg — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生態學家 /生态学家 (shēngtàixuéjiā) — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Czech: ekolog — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Dutch: ecoloog — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Dutch: ecologe — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Esperanto: ekologo — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Finnish: ekologi — A scientist who studies ecology
  • French: écologue — A scientist who studies ecology
  • French: écologiste — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Galician: ecoloxista — A scientist who studies ecology
  • German: Ökologe — A scientist who studies ecology
  • German: Ökologin — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Hungarian: ökológus — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Irish: éiceolaí — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Italian: ecologista — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Italian: ecologo — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Japanese: 環境学者 (kankyōgakusha) — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Latvian: ekologs — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Latvian: ekoloģe — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Māori: kaimātai hauropi — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Norman: écologiste — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Polish: ekolog — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Portuguese: ecologista — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Portuguese: ecólogo — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Romanian: ecologist — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Russian: эко́лог (ekólog) — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Spanish: ecólogo — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Spanish: ecóloga — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Swedish: ekolog — A scientist who studies ecology
  • Ukrainian: еко́лог (ekóloh) — A scientist who studies ecology
Real reading context

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