Home › Words › C › confessionalistconfessionalistconfessionalist means A person who confesses.EtymologyFrom confessional + -ist.nounA person who confessesA priest who hears confessionAn advocate of confessionalismDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.confessionist 86% match — One professing a certain faith. vs confessionalist →confessionalistic 78% match — Of or relating to confessionalism. vs confessionalist →confessary 78% match — One who makes a confession. vs confessionalist →confessant 77% match — One who confesses to a priest. vs confessionalist →confessee 76% match — One who undergoes religious confession. vs confessionalist →confessionalism 76% match — A belief in the importance of full and unambiguous assent to the whole of a religious teaching. vs confessionalist →confessional 76% match — In the manner or style of a confession. vs confessionalist →confessive 76% match — Confessing; constituting a confession or admission. vs confessionalist →