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feminist

adj · noun · 5 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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  • /ˈfɛmənɪst/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Relating to or in accordance with feminism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: egalitarian

2

noun

Meaning 2

An advocate of feminism; a person who believes in bringing about the equality of the sexes (of women and men) in all aspects of public and private life.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: egalitarian

3

noun

Meaning 3

A member of a feminist political movement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

of or relating to or advocating equal rights for women

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • feminist critique

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a supporter of feminism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: women's rightist, women's liberationist, libber

Antonyms: none provided

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

Narrower terms: suffragette, Beauvoir, Simone de Beauvoir, Friedan, Betty Friedan, Betty Naomi Friedan, Betty Naomi Goldstein Friedan, Gilman, Charlotte Anna Perkins Gilman, Mott, Lucretia Coffin Mott, Paul, Alice Paul, Stanton, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Steinem, Gloria Steinem, Stone, Lucy Stone, Truth, Sojourner Truth, Wollstonecraft, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, Wright, Frances Wright, Fanny Wright

History

Etymology

First attested in 1852. Ultimately from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina (“woman”). See also feminine, feminism.

Across languages

Translations

180 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: feministies — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Asturian: feminista — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Belarusian: феміні́сцкі (fjeminíscki) — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Belarusian: феміністы́чны (fjeministýčny) — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Bulgarian: фемини́стски (feminístski) — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Catalan: feminista — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 女權主義的 /女权主义的 (nǚquánzhǔyì de) — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Czech: feministický — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Danish: feministisk — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Dutch: feministisch — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Finnish: feministinen — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • French: féministe — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Galician: feminista — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • German: feministisch — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Greek: φεμινιστικός (feministikós) — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Hindi: स्त्रीवादी (strīvādī) — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Hindi: महिलावादी (mahilāvādī) — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Hindi: नारीवादी (nārīvādī) — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Hungarian: feminista — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Irish: feimineach — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Italian: femminista — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Lithuanian: feministinis — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Lithuanian: feministinė — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Lithuanian: feministiškas — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Lithuanian: feministiška — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Norwegian Bokmål: feministisk — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: feministisk — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Occitan: feminista — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Polish: feministyczny — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Portuguese: feminista — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Russian: фемини́стский (feminístskij) — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Russian: феминисти́ческий (feministíčeskij) — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Serbo-Croatian: feminìstičkī — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Slovak: feministický — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Spanish: feminista — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Swedish: feministisk — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Turkish: feminist — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Turkish: hatuncu — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Ukrainian: феміні́стський (feminístsʹkyj) — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Ukrainian: феміністи́чний (feministýčnyj) — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Welsh: benywyddol — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Welsh: ffeministaidd — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Yiddish: פֿעמיניסטיש (feministish) — relating to or in accordance with feminism
  • Afrikaans: feminis — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Albanian: feminist — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Albanian: feministe — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Arabic: نسوي (nasawiyy) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Arabic: نسوية (nasawiyya) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Armenian: ֆեմինիստ (feminist) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Azerbaijani: feminist — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Belarusian: феміні́ст (fjeminíst) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Belarusian: феміні́стка (fjeminístka) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Belarusian: фэміні́ст (feminíst) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Belarusian: фэміні́стка (feminístka) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Bulgarian: фемини́ст (feminíst) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Bulgarian: фемини́стка (feminístka) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Catalan: feminista — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Chinese Mandarin: 女權主義者 /女权主义者 (nǚquánzhǔyìzhě) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Chinese Mandarin: 女權擴張論者 /女权扩张论者 (nǚquánkuòzhānglùnzhě) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Czech: feminista — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Czech: feministka — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Danish: feminist — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Danish: kvindeforkæmper — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Danish: kvindesagsforkæmper — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Dutch: feminist — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Dutch: feministe — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Esperanto: feministo — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Esperanto: feministino — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Estonian: feminist — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Finnish: feministi — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • French: féministe — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Galician: feminista — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Georgian: ფემინისტი (peminisṭi) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • German: Feminist — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • German: Feministin — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • German: Feminist:in gender-neutral — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Greek: φεμινιστής (feministís) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Greek: φεμινίστρια (feminístria) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Hebrew: פֶמִינִיסְט (feminíst) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Hebrew: פמיניסטית (feministít) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Hindi: महिलावादी (mahilāvādī) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Hindi: नारीवादी (nārīvādī) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Hindi: स्त्रीवादी (strīvādī) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Hungarian: feminista — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Icelandic: femínisti — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Ido: feministo — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Indonesian: feminis — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Irish: feimineach — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Irish: feiminí — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Italian: femminista — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Japanese: フェミニスト (feminisuto) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Japanese: 女権拡張論者 (jokenkakuchōronsha) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Kazakh: феминист (feminist) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Korean: 여성주의자 (yeoseongjuuija) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Korean: 페미니스트 (peminiseuteu) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Kyrgyz: феминист (feminist) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Latvian: feminists — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Latvian: feministe — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Ligurian: feminìsta — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Lithuanian: feministas — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Lithuanian: feministė — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Macedonian: фемини́ст (feminíst) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Macedonian: фемини́стка (feminístka) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Malay: feminis — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Mongolian: феминист (feminist) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Mongolian: ᠹᠧᠮᠢᠨᠢᠰᠲ᠋ (fēminist) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Norwegian Bokmål: feminist — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: feminist — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Occitan: feminista — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Persian: فمینیست (feminist) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Polish: feminista — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Polish: feministka — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Portuguese: feminista — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Romanian: feminist — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Romanian: feministă — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Russian: фемини́ст (feminíst) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Russian: фемини́стка (feminístka) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Serbo-Croatian: феминиста — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Serbo-Croatian: феминист — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Serbo-Croatian: феминѝсткиња — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Serbo-Croatian: феминистица — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Serbo-Croatian: feminista — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Serbo-Croatian: feminist — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Serbo-Croatian: feminìstkinja — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Serbo-Croatian: feministica — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Slovak: feministka — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Slovak: feminista — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Slovene: feminist — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Slovene: feministka — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Spanish: feminista — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Swahili: mfeministi — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Swedish: feminist — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Tajik: феминист (feminist) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Turkish: feminist — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Turkish: hatuncu — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Turkmen: feminist — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Ukrainian: феміні́ст (feminíst) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Ukrainian: феміні́стка (feminístka) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Uzbek: feminist — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Welsh: benywydd — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Welsh: ffeminydd — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Welsh: ffeminyddes — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Yiddish: פֿעמיניסט (feminist) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Yiddish: פֿעמיניסטין (feministin) — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Yoruba: aṣègbèfábo — advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
  • Catalan: feminista — member of a feminist political movement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 女權主義者 /女权主义者 (nǚquánzhǔyìzhě) — member of a feminist political movement
  • Dutch: feminist — member of a feminist political movement
  • Dutch: feministe — member of a feminist political movement
  • Esperanto: feministo — member of a feminist political movement
  • Esperanto: feministino — member of a feminist political movement
  • Finnish: feministi — member of a feminist political movement
  • Galician: feminista — member of a feminist political movement
  • German: Feminist — member of a feminist political movement
  • German: Feministin — member of a feminist political movement
  • German: Feminist:in gender-neutral — member of a feminist political movement
  • Ido: feministo — member of a feminist political movement
  • Irish: feimineach — member of a feminist political movement
  • Irish: feiminí — member of a feminist political movement
  • Korean: 여성운동가 (yeoseong'undongga) — member of a feminist political movement
  • Norwegian Bokmål: feminist — member of a feminist political movement
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: feminist — member of a feminist political movement
  • Polish: feminista — member of a feminist political movement
  • Polish: feministka — member of a feminist political movement
  • Portuguese: feminista — member of a feminist political movement
  • Serbo-Croatian: феминиста — member of a feminist political movement
  • Serbo-Croatian: феминист — member of a feminist political movement
  • Serbo-Croatian: феминѝсткиња — member of a feminist political movement
  • Serbo-Croatian: феминистица — member of a feminist political movement
  • Serbo-Croatian: feminista — member of a feminist political movement
  • Serbo-Croatian: feminist — member of a feminist political movement
  • Serbo-Croatian: feminìstkinja — member of a feminist political movement
  • Serbo-Croatian: feministica — member of a feminist political movement
  • Slovak: feministka — member of a feminist political movement
  • Slovak: feminista — member of a feminist political movement
  • Spanish: feminista — member of a feminist political movement
  • Swedish: feminist — member of a feminist political movement
  • Turkish: feminist — member of a feminist political movement
  • Yiddish: פֿעמיניסט (feminist) — member of a feminist political movement
  • Yiddish: פֿעמיניסטין (feministin) — member of a feminist political movement
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