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environmentalist

adj · noun · 4 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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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, or relating to environmentalism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One who advocates for the protection of the environment and biosphere from misuse from human activity through such measures as ecosystem protection, waste reduction and pollution prevention.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

One who holds the view that environment, rather than heredity or culture, is the primary factor in the development of an individual or group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences, social-science, social-sciences

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Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conservationist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: reformer, reformist, crusader, social reformer, meliorist

Narrower terms: Green, tree hugger, Carson, Rachel Carson, Rachel Louise Carson, Ward, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English environmental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English environmentalist From environmental + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: բնապահպան (bnapahpan) — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Catalan: ecologista — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Chinese Cantonese: 環保主義者 /环保主义者 (waan4 bou2 zyu2 ji6 ze2) — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 環保人士 /环保人士 (huánbǎo rénshì) — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 環境論者 /环境论者 (huánjìng lùnzhě) — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 環境保護論者 /环境保护论者 (huánjìng bǎohù lùnzhě) — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 環境保護主義者 /环境保护主义者 (huánjìng bǎohù zhǔyìzhè) — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Czech: environmentalista — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Czech: ekologista — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Dutch: milieuactivist — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Dutch: milieuactiviste — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Dutch: ecologist — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Finnish: luonnonsuojelija — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Finnish: ympäristönsuojelija — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • French: environnementaliste — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • French: écologiste — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Galician: ecoloxista — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • German: Umweltschützer — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • German: Umweltschützerin — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Hungarian: környezetvédő — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Icelandic: náttúruverndarsinni — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Indonesian: aktivis lingkungan hidup — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Indonesian: environmentalis — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Italian: ambientalista — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Italian: ecologista — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Japanese: 環境保護主義者 (kankyō hogoshugisha) — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Macedonian: природозаштитник (prirodozaštitnik) — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Malayalam: പരിസ്ഥിതി പ്രവർത്തകൻ (paristhiti pravaṟttakaṉ) — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Norman: envithonnementaliste — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Polish: ekolog — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Polish: zielony — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Portuguese: ambientalista — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Portuguese: ecologista — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Romanian: ecologist — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Romanian: ecologistă — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Russian: эко́лог (ekólog) — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Russian: зелёный (zeljónyj) — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Scottish Gaelic: neach-àrainneachd — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Spanish: ecologista — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Spanish: ambientalista — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Spanish: verde — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
  • Turkish: çevreci — one who advocates for the protection of the environment
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