Home › Words › B › bernistabernista/bɝˈnistə/bernista means A supporter of Bernie Sanders or his political philosophy.bernista is pronounced /bɝˈnistə/.EtymologyFrom Bernie + -ista.nounA supporter of Bernie Sanders or his political philosophy.e.g.“Sure, he's fond of cheesy dad-jokes, but the mayor is winning major cool-dad cred with his Bernista kids this week, getting a sit-down dinner with Bernie Sanders in Burlington.” — 2016 August 29, “Winners & Losers”, in City & State New York, page 42:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.berner 85% match — A supporter of Bernie Sanders. vs bernista →sanderista 80% match — A supporter of Bernie Sanders or his political philosophy. vs bernista →berniecrat 78% match — A Democratic supporter of Bernie Sanders or his policies. vs bernista →sandersism 68% match — The political philosophy of Bernie Sanders. vs bernista →corbynista 60% match — A supporter of British politician Jeremy Corbyn. vs bernista →bennite 59% match — A supporter of the political views of former British politician Tony Benn. vs bernista →berberist 59% match — A Berber nationalist; a proponent of Berberism. vs bernista →bidenist 58% match — A supporter of American politician and US president Joe Biden. vs bernista →