individualist
noun
individualist is spelled I-N-D-I-V-I-D-U-A-L-I-S-T: 13 letters and 6 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, individualist means “Someone who believes in individualism as a sociopolitical system” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of individualist is individualists.
How many letters and syllables are in individualist?
| Letters | 13: I-N-D-I-V-I-D-U-A-L-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 49,949th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is individualist?
Individualist appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce individualist?
- US
Individualist has 6 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-individualist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of individualist
- individualists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does individualist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who believes in individualism as a sociopolitical system.
- 2
Someone who believes in the philosophy of individualism; a solipsist.
- 3
Someone who does as they wish, unconstrained by external influences.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Individualist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense someone who believes in individualism as sociopolitical system:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | individualiste |
| German | Individualist, Individualistin |
| Portuguese | individualista |
| Spanish | individualista |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does individualist come from?
From individual + -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).