realist

realist is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who believes in realism; esp., one who maintains that generals, or the terms used to denote the genera and species of things, represent real existences, and are not mere names, as maintained by the nominalists. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who believes in realism; esp., one who maintains that generals, or the terms used to denote the genera and species of things, represent real existences, and are not mere names, as maintained by the nominalists.
2. noun. An artist or writer who aims at realism in his work. See Realism, 2.
3. noun. a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them
4. noun. a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style
5. noun. a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in realist:

aletris, alister, listera, retails, saltier, saltire, slatier, tailers, tarlies

Common word forms

realists

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