Meanings
comparative more Calvinist · superlative most Calvinist
- Of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists.
Synonyms: Reformed, Calvinistic, Calvinistical
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA follower of Calvinism.
adjectiveOf or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of Calvinism or its adherents
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From Calvin + -ist. Piecewise doublet of chauvinist, as both terms come from different forms of the same name.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic كالفيني
- كالفينيfollower
Catalan calvinista, calvinista
- calvinistafollower
- calvinistaof or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
Danish calvinist
- calvinistfollower
Dutch calvinist, calvinistisch
- calvinistfollower
- calvinistischof or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
Esperanto kalvinisto, kalvinistino
- kalvinistofollower
- kalvinistinofollower
- kalvinanofollower
- kalvinaninofollower
- kalvinismaof or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
- kalvinistaof or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
- kalvinistinaof or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
- kalvinanaof or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
- kalvinaninaof or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
Estonian kalvinist
- kalvinistfollower
Finnish kalvinisti
- kalvinistifollower
French calviniste, calviniste
- calvinistefollower
- calvinisteof or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
German Calvinist, Kalvinist
- Calvinistfollower
- Kalvinistfollower
- Calvinistinfollower
- Kalvinistinfollower
- calvinistischof or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
- kalvinistischof or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
Greek καλβινιστής
- καλβινιστής (kalvinistís)follower
Hungarian református, református
- reformátusfollower
- reformátusof or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
- kálvinistaof or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
Icelandic Kalvínstrúarmaður, kalvínskur
- Kalvínstrúarmaðurfollower
- kalvínskurof or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
Italian calvinista, calvinista
- calvinistafollower
- calvinistaof or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
- calvinisticoof or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
- calvinisticaof or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
Japanese カルヴァン主義者
- カルヴァン主義者 (Karuvan shugisha)follower
Polish kalwinista, kalwinistka
- kalwinistafollower
- kalwinistkafollower
- kalwińskiof or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
- kalwinistycznyof or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
Portuguese calvinista, calvinista
- calvinistafollower
- calvinistaof or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
Romanian calvinist, calvinistă
- calvinistfollower
- calvinistăfollower
Russian кальвини́ст, кальвини́стка
- кальвини́ст (kalʹviníst)follower
- кальвини́стка (kalʹvinístka)follower
- кальвини́стский (kalʹvinístskij)of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
Spanish calvinista, calvinista
- calvinistafollower
- calvinistaof or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
Swedish kalvinist
- kalvinistfollower
Ukrainian кальвіні́ст, кальвіні́стка
- кальвіні́ст (kalʹviníst)follower
- кальвіні́стка (kalʹvinístka)follower
- кальвіні́стський (kalʹvinístsʹkyj)of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
Welsh Calfiniad, Calfinydd
- Calfiniadfollower
- Calfinyddfollower
- Calfinaiddof or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
Cite this entry
Calvinist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Calvinist
“Calvinist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Calvinist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Calvinist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Calvinist.
Source: Calvinist on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.