-ist
one who practices or believes
Greek · -istes (-ιστής)
Names a person who practises a skill, profession, or belief: art + ist = artist, science + ist = scientist. It can also name a follower of an -ism (optimist, socialist).
Memory trick
-ist is a list of people: each one practises the thing named before it.
Words from this root
- artist (art + ist) — person who creates artकलाकार
- scientist (scient + ist) — person who studies scienceवैज्ञानिक
- tourist (tour + ist) — person who travels for pleasureपर्यटक
- dentist (dent + ist) — doctor for teethदाँतों का डॉक्टर
- pianist (pian + ist) — person who plays the pianoपियानो वादक
- journalist (journal + ist) — person who reports newsपत्रकार
- specialist (special + ist) — expert in one fieldविशेषज्ञ
- novelist (novel + ist) — writer of novelsउपन्यासकार
- cyclist (cycl + ist) — person who rides a bicycleसाइकिल चालक
- optimist (optim + ist) — person who expects good thingsआशावादी व्यक्ति
- florist (flor + ist) — person who sells flowersफूल बेचने वाला
- guitarist (guitar + ist) — person who plays the guitarगिटार वादक