ecologist

US /iːˈkɒləd͡ʒɪst/ See IPA manual

Freq #59504

Meanings

1

noun
A scientist who studies the relationships between living things and their environment.

The ecologist spent years studying the wildlife in the wetlands.
2

noun
A person who works to protect the natural environment.

Ecologists protested against plans to drain the marsh.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms ecologists

Derived forms agroecologistastroecologistbioecologistchemoecologistdendroecologistethnoecologistgeoecologistmacroecologistpalaeoecologistpaleoecologist

Related forms ecologicalecologismecology

Etymology

From eco- + -logist. The less common sense “environmentalist” might be from association with deep ecology, or influenced by Romance-language equivalents such as Spanish ecologista (“environmentalist”).

Topics

General Vocabulary

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# ecologist

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /iːˈkɒləd͡ʒɪst/
**Frequency rank:** 59504

## Meanings
1. A scientist who studies the relationships between living things and their environment.
2. A person who works to protect the natural environment.

## Examples
- The ecologist spent years studying the wildlife in the wetlands.
- Ecologists protested against plans to drain the marsh.

## Derived Forms
- agroecologist
- astroecologist
- bioecologist
- chemoecologist
- dendroecologist
- ethnoecologist
- geoecologist
- macroecologist
- palaeoecologist
- paleoecologist

## Related Forms
- ecological
- ecologism
- ecology

## Etymology
From eco- + -logist. The less common sense “environmentalist” might be from association with deep ecology, or influenced by Romance-language equivalents such as Spanish ecologista (“environmentalist”).

## AI Etymology
Ecologist comes from eco- + -logist. The less common sense “environmentalist” might be from association with deep ecology, or influenced by Romance-language equivalents such as Spanish ecologista (“environmentalist”). In current use, the main senses are “A scientist who studies the relationships between living things and their environment” and “A person who works to protect the natural environment”.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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