conservationist

noun

con·​ser·​va·​tion·​ist ˌkän(t)-sər-ˈvā-sh(ə-)nist 

: a person who advocates conservation especially of natural resources

Examples of conservationist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Since then, conservationists have been working to bring them back. — Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

The move comes a week after environmentalists and conservationists filed a federal lawsuit seeking to stop the work on a giant sand trap being constructed in a beach renourishment effort. — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026

The community represents the inaugural partnership between real estate developers and conservationists intent on achieving conservation at scale. — Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

North Dakota’s badlands served as both a forge and a retreat for Roosevelt (a dedicated conservationist), who lived and ranched nearby in the 1880s, still reeling from the deaths of his wife and mother on the very same day. — Alicia Underlee Nelson, Midwest Living, 7 Aug. 2026

Word History

Etymology

conservation + -ist entry 1

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for conservationist

• educationist
• integrationist
• isolationist
• segregationist
• assimilationist
• creationist

Kids Definition

conservationist

noun

con·​ser·​va·​tion·​ist ˌkän(t)-sər-ˈvā-sh(ə-)nəst 

: a person who is in favor of conservation especially of natural resources (as forests)