survivalist
noun
survivalist is spelled S-U-R-V-I-V-A-L-I-S-T: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, survivalist means “A person who believes in being prepared to survive and is actively preparing for possible future emergencies and disruptions in local, regional…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of survivalist is survivalists.
How many letters and syllables are in survivalist?
| Letters | 11: S-U-R-V-I-V-A-L-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 51,738th 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 survivalist?
Survivalist appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th 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 survivalist?
Survivalist has 4 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).
Forms of survivalist
- survivalists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does survivalist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who believes in being prepared to survive and is actively preparing for possible future emergencies and disruptions in local, regional, national, or international social or political order.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Survivalist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person prepared to survive:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | survivaliste |
| Portuguese | sobrevivencialista |
| Spanish | supervivencialista, pervivencialista |
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.