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arsonist

/ˈɑːsənɪst/US/ˈɑɹsənəst/

arsonist noun: one who has committed the act of arson, or illegally setting fire to property.

Noun

arsonist (plural arsonists)

  1. One who has committed the act of arson, or illegally setting fire to property.

arsonist meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Tagalog

arsonist in Tamil

தீ வைத்தவர், தீக்கொளுத்தி

arsonist in Urdu

آتش زنی کرنے والا

arsonist in Malayalam

incendiary, pyromaniac, fire-raiser
കൊള്ളിവയ്ക്കുന്നവൻ, കൊള്ളിവയ്പുകാരൻ, സ്ഫോടനബോംബ് വയ്ക്കുന്നവൻ, പുരയ്ക്കു തീ വയ്ക്കുന്നവൻ, വീടുകൾക്കു കൊള്ളിവയ്ക്കുന്നവൻ, ചുട്ടുനശിപ്പിക്കുന്നൻ

arsonist in Tagalog

one who has committed the act of arson
arsonista
More languagesFewer languages
arsonist in Indonesian
pembakar
arsonist in Vietnamese
kẻ phóng hỏa, kẻ đốt phá

Synonyms of arsonist

Forms of arsonist

pluralarsonists

Plural of arsonist: arsonists

Origin of arsonist

From arson + -ist.

Words formed from arsonist

Questions about arsonist

What does arsonist mean?
Arsonist means one who has committed the act of arson, or illegally setting fire to property.
What is arsonist in Tamil?
Arsonist in Tamil is தீ வைத்தவர், தீக்கொளுத்தி. See Arsonist meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is arsonist?
Arsonist is a noun.
How do you pronounce arsonist?
Arsonist is pronounced /ˈɑɹsənəst/ (US).
What is the plural of arsonist?
The plural of arsonist is arsonists.

Words near arsonist in the dictionary

  1. arsonic acid
  2. arsonic acids
  3. arsonical
  4. arsoning
  5. arsonism
  6. arsonist
  7. arsonists
  8. arsonite
  9. arsonites
  10. arsonium
  11. arsonium compound

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: arsonist (page history and authors); arsonist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arsonist (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arsonist (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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