Home › Words › F › funeralistfuneralistfuneralist means A funeral director; one who arranges a funeral, often after preparing a body for it.EtymologyFrom funeral + -ist.nounA funeral director; one who arranges a funeral, often after preparing a body for it.e.g.“I am not here to fulfil the office of his funeralist, his biographer, or his eulogist. These duties either have been or will be discharged by others. I am here only as the interpreter of his monument.” — 1880, Thomas M. Finney, The life and labors of Enoch Mather Marvin, late bishop, page 807:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.undertaker 73% match — A funeral director; someone whose business is to manage funerals, burials and cremations. vs funeralist →funerial 67% match — Suiting a funeral; pertaining to burial. vs funeralist →funeralgoer 67% match — One who attends a funeral. vs funeralist →mortuary 66% match — Of or relating to death or a funeral; funereal. vs funeralist →funerary 66% match — Of or relating to a funeral. vs funeralist →funereal 65% match — Of or relating to a funeral. vs funeralist →funebrial 65% match — Pertaining to a funeral or funerals; funereal. vs funeralist →prefuneral 63% match — Before a funeral. vs funeralist →