environmentalist B1 Topic:Environment & Ecology US /ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntəlɪst/ See IPA manual Freq #39369 Meanings 1 noun A person who works to protect the natural environment from harm and pollution. Environmentalists warned that the new factory would damage the river. 2 adj Relating to the protection of the natural environment. The party adopted a strongly environmentalist policy on energy. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who works to... conservationistecologistenvironmental activist Word family Forms environmentalists Derived forms anti-environmentalistenviropseudoenvironmentalist Related forms enviro-environmentenvironmentalenvironmentalism Etymology AI details From environmental + -ist. Topics Environment & Ecology Safety & Risk External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # environmentalist **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun, adj **IPA (US):** /ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntəlɪst/ **Frequency rank:** 39369 ## Meanings 1. A person who works to protect the natural environment from harm and pollution. 2. Relating to the protection of the natural environment. ## Examples - Environmentalists warned that the new factory would damage the river. - The party adopted a strongly environmentalist policy on energy. ## Derived Forms - anti-environmentalist - enviro - pseudoenvironmentalist ## Related Forms - enviro- - environment - environmental - environmentalism ## Etymology From environmental + -ist. ## AI Etymology Environmentalist is formed from environmental + -ist. In current use, the main senses are “A person who works to protect the natural environment from harm and pollution” and “Relating to the protection of the natural environment”. ## Topics - Environment & Ecology - Safety & Risk markdown