8-letter words that end in ist
- pacifist — a person who believes in pacifism or is opposed to war or to violence of any kind.
- paganist — pagan spirit or attitude in religious or moral questions.
- panelist — a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.
- papalist — a follower of the Pope or papacy
- parodist — a writer of parodies, especially of a literary subject, work, or style.
- peronist — a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- peyotist — a person who follows the religion of peyotism
- playlist — a list of the recordings to be played on the radio during a particular program or time period, often including their sequence, duration, etc.
- polemist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
- populist — a member of the People's party.
- preexist — to exist beforehand.
- prosaist — a person who writes prose.
- psalmist — an author of psalms.
- psychist — a person who believes in psychic phenomena
- puckfist — a puffball fungus
- pugilist — a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.
- quietist — A mystic who follows quietism.
- rallyist — a person who participates in automobile rallies.
- reassist — to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
- red mist — a feeling of extreme anger that clouds one's judgment temporarily
- regalist — a person who believes in or promotes regalism
- reinsist — to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc.: He insists on checking every shipment.
- reverist — someone who tends to daydream or is inclined to reveries
- rightist — of or relating to conservative or reactionary political views; noting or characteristic of the political Right.
- romanist — Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- royalist — a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, especially in times of rebellion or civil war.
- ruralist — one who leads or advocates a rural life
- safarist — a person on safari
- sapphist — a lesbian
- sarodist — a person who plays the sarod
- satanist — the worship of Satan or the powers of evil.
- satirist — a writer of satires.
- sciolist — superficial knowledge.
- sea mist — a mist over or from the sea.
- semitist — an authority on Semitic languages, literature, etc.
- shitlist — a list of persons held in extreme disfavor.
- shootist — a marksman with a pistol or rifle.
- silurist — a member of the ancient Silurian tribe
- simplist — a herbalist
- sodalist — a member of a sodality.
- sodomist — to subject to sodomy; commit sodomy upon.
- solidist — someone who adheres to solidism
- somatist — a psychiatrist who considers all mental illnesses to have physical origins.
- stockist — a wholesale or retail establishment that stocks merchandise.
- subtrist — slightly sad; not completely sad
- tenorist — a person who sings tenor.
- theorist — a person who theorizes.
- tonalist — a person who works with or uses tonality, especially one who uses traditional tonality rather than atonality in composing music.
- totalist — of or relating to the aims of the music of totalism
- totemist — a member of a clan, family, or group distinguished by a totem.