Synonyms for environmentalist
Most common
green eco-warrior greener ecologist conservationist antihereditarian
All synonyms
Noun
1. Ecologist — one who advocates for the protection of the environment and biosphere from misuse from human activity through…
ecologist, eco-warrior, green, greener, greenie slang AU NZ, tree hugger slang
Definitions
- n. 1
One who advocates for the protection of the environment and biosphere from misuse from human activity through such measures as ecosystem protection, waste reduction and pollution prevention.
Related words
- Word family
- enviro environmental environment
Forms
- Plural
- environmentalists → ecologists, eco-warriors, greens, greeners…
Example sentences
- green Do you know who that tall blonde girl in green is?
- greener In Viking times, Greenland was greener than today.
- ecologist “It is called a kowari," said ecologist John Augusteyn, who shot the footage.
- conservationist This Algerian vet is a dedicated conservationist.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| environmentalist | rising | |
| green | rising | |
| greener | rising | |
| ecologist | steady | |
| conservationist | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- green1
- 7 letters
- greener2, greenie
- 9 letters
- ecologist4
- 15 letters
- conservationist5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (greener2 = 2 syllables).