# realist

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɪəlɪst/ · frequency rank #20,748

## Definitions
1. An advocate of realism; one who believes that matter, objects etc. have real existence beyond our perception of them.
2. An adherent of the realism movement; an artist who seeks to portray real everyday life accurately.
3. One who believes in seeing things the way they really are, as opposed to how they would like them to be.

## Etymology
From real + -ist.

## Easily confused with
- **resist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realist-vs-resist)
- **relish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realist-vs-relish)
- **reality** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realist-vs-reality)
- **realize** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realist-vs-realize)
- **royalist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realist-vs-royalist)
- **realistic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realist-vs-realistic)
- **racist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racist-vs-realist)
- **rapist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapist-vs-realist)
- **realise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realise-vs-realist)
- **realism** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realism-vs-realist)
- **realised** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realised-vs-realist)

## Common misspellings (10)
`eralist`, `raelist`, `reailst`, `realisst`, `realistt`, `realits`, `reallist`, `realsit`, `relaist`, `rrealist`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/realist