'fundamentalist' definitions:
Definition of 'fundamentalist'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to or tending toward fundamentalism [syn: fundamentalist, fundamentalistic]
noun
A supporter of fundamentalism
Definition of 'fundamentalist'
From: GCIDE
- fundamentalist \fundamentalist\ fundamentalistic \fundamentalistic\adj.
- 1. of or pertaining to fundamentalists or fundamentalism. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. characteristic of a fundamentalist; -- especially, resembling the behavior of a fundamentalist; as, a fundamentalist dislike of new ideas. [PJC]
Definition of 'fundamentalist'
From: GCIDE
- fundamentalist \fundamentalist\ n. a supporter of fundamentalism. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'fundamentalist'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bigoted,
- bitter-ender,
- canonist,
- conservative,
- creedbound,
- dogmatic,
- dour,
- evangelical,
- firm,
- hard,
- hidebound,
- hyperorthodox,
- impliable,
- inexorable,
- inflexible,
- iron,
- ironbound,
- ironclad,
- ironhanded,
- literalist,
- literalistic,
- muscle-bound,
- obdurate,
- obstinate,
- old liner,
- orthodox,
- orthodox Christian,
- Orthodox Jew,
- orthodoxist,
- precisianist,
- precisianistic,
- procrustean,
- purist,
- puristic,
- puritan,
- puritanic,
- puritanical,
- relentless,
- right,
- right-winger,
- rightist,
- rigid,
- rigorist,
- rigoristic,
- rigorous,
- rockbound,
- Sabbatarian,
- standpat,
- standpatter,
- staunch,
- stiff,
- straightlaced,
- straitlaced,
- strict,
- stubborn,
- Sunni Muslim,
- textualist,
- textuary,
- the orthodox,
- tory,
- true believer,
- unbending,
- uncompromising,
- unrelenting,
- unyielding