Synonyms for archivist
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives.
The billionaire’s will established a trust to create a staff of archivists that would chronicle and preserve his rise to prominence.
Forms
- Plural
- archivists → librarians, historians, preservationists, scribes…
Example sentences
- historian He arranged a guest lecture from a local historian.
- librarian He was the putative playboy of the librarian set.
- scribe Tom dressed as an ancient Egyptian scribe.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| archivist | steady | |
| historian | steady | |
| librarian | falling | |
| scribe | rising | |
| preservationist | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- scribe1
- 8 letters
- archiver
- 9 letters
- historian4, librarian4
- 15 letters
- preservationist5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (historian4 = 4 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- archiviste
- Italiano
- archivista
- Español
- archivero