Words that rhyme with xylophonist
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accompanist
n 1: a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano) [syn: accompanist, accompanyist] -
agonist
n 1: the principal character in a work of fiction [syn: protagonist, agonist] 2: someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon) [ant: adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister] 3: a muscle that contracts while another relaxes; "when bending the elbow the biceps are the agonist" 4: (biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction -
alienist
n 1: a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness -
alpinist
n 1: a mountain climber who specializes in difficult climbs -
antagonist
n 1: someone who offers opposition [syn: adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister] [ant: agonist] 2: a muscle that relaxes while another contracts; "when bending the elbow the triceps are the antagonist" 3: a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug [ant: synergist] -
arsonist
n 1: a criminal who illegally sets fire to property [syn: arsonist, incendiary, firebug] -
canonist
adj 1: pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and principles accepted as axiomatic; e.g. "canonist communism" n 1: a specialist in canon law -
chauvinist
n 1: a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind 2: an extreme bellicose nationalist [syn: chauvinist, jingoist, jingo, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, patrioteer] -
determinist
n 1: anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny [syn: fatalist, determinist, predestinarian, predestinationist] -
feminist
adj 1: of or relating to or advocating equal rights for women; "feminist critique" n 1: a supporter of feminism [syn: feminist, women's rightist, women's liberationist, libber] -
hedonist
n 1: someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures [syn: hedonist, pagan, pleasure seeker] -
humanist
adj 1: of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism; "the humanistic revival of learning" [syn: humanistic, humanist] 2: of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion; "the humanist belief in continuous emergent evolution"- Wendell Thomas [syn: humanist, humanistic] 3: pertaining to or concerned with the humanities; "humanistic studies"; "a humane education" [syn: humanist, humanistic, humane] 4: marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare; "a humane physician"; "released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons"; "respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species" [syn: human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanistic, humanitarian] n 1: a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts 2: an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans [syn: humanist, humanitarian] -
mechanist
n 1: a philosopher who subscribes to the doctrine of mechanism -
modernist
n 1: an artist who makes a deliberate break with previous styles -
organist
n 1: a person who plays an organ -
pianist
n 1: a person who plays the piano [syn: pianist, piano player] -
protagonist
n 1: a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library" [syn: supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend] 2: the principal character in a work of fiction [syn: protagonist, agonist] -
saxophonist
n 1: a musician who plays the saxophone [syn: saxophonist, saxist] -
telephonist
n 1: someone who helps callers get the person they are calling [syn: telephone operator, telephonist, switchboard operator] -
timpanist
n 1: a person who plays the kettledrums [syn: tympanist, timpanist] -
unionist
n 1: a worker who belongs to a trade union [syn: trade unionist, unionist, union member] -
violinist
n 1: a musician who plays the violin [syn: violinist, fiddler] -
satanist
n 1: an adherent of Satan or Satanism [syn: Satanist, diabolist] -
calvinist
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Calvinism or its adherents [syn: Calvinist, Calvinistic, Calvinistical] n 1: an adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin [syn: Calvinist, Genevan] -
platonist
n 1: an advocate of Platonism -
neoplatonist
n 1: an adherent of Neoplatonism -
zionist
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of Zionism; "the Zionist movement" 2: relating to or characteristic of a supporter of Zionism; "the Zionist leader Theodor Herzl" n 1: a Jewish supporter of Zionism -
corniced
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cosmogonist
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harmonist
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illuminist
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indeterminist
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africanist
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sopranist
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tritagonist
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tanist
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zenist
See also xylophonist definition
