Home › Words › C › correctionistcorrectionistcorrectionist means one who corrects something.EtymologyFrom correction + -ist.nounOne who corrects something.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.corrector 87% match — One who corrects. vs correctionist →correctioner 78% match — One who is, or who has been, in the house of correction. vs correctionist →correctant 78% match — Something that serves to correct something else. vs correctionist →correction 76% match — The act of correcting. vs correctionist →correctress 75% match — A woman or girl who corrects; a female corrector; a correctrix. vs correctionist →corrigative 72% match — Corrective. vs correctionist →correctify 72% match — To correct. vs correctionist →correcting 71% match — The making of a correction. vs correctionist →