Meanings
nounarsonist (plural arsonists)
plural arsonists
- One who has committed the act of arson, or illegally setting fire to property.
Synonyms: incendiarist, incendiary
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who has committed the act of arson, or illegally setting fire to property.
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Afrikaans brandstigter
- brandstigterone who has committed the act of arson
Bulgarian подпалвач, подпалвачка
- подпалвач (podpalvač)one who has committed the act of arson
- подпалвачка (podpalvačka)one who has committed the act of arson
Catalan incendiari, incendiària
- incendiarione who has committed the act of arson
- incendiàriaone who has committed the act of arson
Chinese Mandarin 縱火犯 /纵火犯, 放火犯
- 縱火犯 /纵火犯 (zònghuǒfàn)one who has committed the act of arson
- 放火犯 (fànghuǒfàn)one who has committed the act of arson
Czech žhář, žhářka
- žhářone who has committed the act of arson
- žhářkaone who has committed the act of arson
Danish brandstifter, ildspåsætter
- brandstifterone who has committed the act of arson
- ildspåsætterone who has committed the act of arson
Dutch brandstichter
- brandstichterone who has committed the act of arson
Esperanto krimbruliganto
- krimbruligantoone who has committed the act of arson
Estonian süütaja
- süütajaone who has committed the act of arson
Finnish tuhopolttaja
- tuhopolttajaone who has committed the act of arson
French incendiaire, pyromane
- incendiaireone who has committed the act of arson
- pyromaneone who has committed the act of arson
German Brandstifter, Brandstifterin
- Brandstifterone who has committed the act of arson
- Brandstifterinone who has committed the act of arson
Greek εμπρηστής
- εμπρηστής (empristís)one who has committed the act of arson
Hungarian gyújtogató
- gyújtogatóone who has committed the act of arson
Indonesian pembakar
- pembakarone who has committed the act of arson
Irish coirloisceoir
- coirloisceoirone who has committed the act of arson
Italian piromane, incendiario
- piromaneone who has committed the act of arson
- incendiarioone who has committed the act of arson
Japanese 放火犯, 放火魔
- 放火犯 (hōkahan)one who has committed the act of arson
- 放火魔 (hōkama)one who has committed the act of arson
Korean 방화범
- 방화범 (banghwabeom)one who has committed the act of arson
Latin incendiārius
- incendiāriusone who has committed the act of arson
Latvian dedzinātājs, dedzinātāja
- dedzinātājsone who has committed the act of arson
- dedzinātājaone who has committed the act of arson
Lithuanian padegė́jas, padegė́ja
- padegė́jasone who has committed the act of arson
- padegė́jaone who has committed the act of arson
Norwegian Bokmål brannstifter
- brannstifterone who has committed the act of arson
Polish podpalacz, podpalaczka
- podpalaczone who has committed the act of arson
- podpalaczkaone who has committed the act of arson
Portuguese incendiário, incendiária
- incendiárioone who has committed the act of arson
- incendiáriaone who has committed the act of arson
- pirómanoone who has committed the act of arson
- pirómanaone who has committed the act of arson
Romanian incendiator, incendiatoare
- incendiatorone who has committed the act of arson
- incendiatoareone who has committed the act of arson
Russian поджига́тель, поджига́тельница
- поджига́тель (podžigátelʹ)one who has committed the act of arson
- поджига́тельница (podžigátelʹnica)one who has committed the act of arson
Slovak podpaľač, podpaľačka
- podpaľačone who has committed the act of arson
- podpaľačkaone who has committed the act of arson
Spanish incendiario, incendiaria
- incendiarioone who has committed the act of arson
- incendiariaone who has committed the act of arson
- pirómanoone who has committed the act of arson
- pirómanaone who has committed the act of arson
Swedish mordbrännare, mordbrännerska
- mordbrännareone who has committed the act of arson
- mordbrännerskaone who has committed the act of arson
Tagalog arsonista
- arsonistaone who has committed the act of arson
Turkish kundakçı
- kundakçıone who has committed the act of arson
Vietnamese kẻ phóng hỏa, kẻ đốt phá
- kẻ phóng hỏaone who has committed the act of arson
- kẻ đốt pháone who has committed the act of arson
Welsh llosgwr
- llosgwrone who has committed the act of arson
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APA
arsonist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arsonist
MLA
“arsonist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arsonist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arsonist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arsonist.
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