jihadist

noun

ji·​had·​ist ji-ˈhä-dist 

chiefly British -ˈha-

: a Muslim who advocates or participates in a jihad

jihadist adjective

Examples of jihadist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On that day here at home, the country looked as if for the first time at every vulnerability, reorganizing local and state and federal government to do everything in our power to stop radical jihadists from terrorizing us again. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026

In a separate incident in June, another 16-year-old near Bologna was arrested after authorities allegedly found jihadist material and weapons-making manuals in his possession. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Excluding the five Islamist jihadists who took over American Airlines Flight 77 and crashed it, 184 people died at the Pentagon –125 civilians and military members in the building and 59 passengers on the jetliner. — Mike Kelly, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026

Some of these cabinet members have even maintained, without a shred of evidence, that Syria’s president, the former jihadist Ahmed al-Shara, is preparing to attack Israel. — Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for jihadist

• blastocyst
• bolshevist
• coexist
• egoist
• hedonist
• nativist
• oculist
• reminisced
• trotskyist
• assist
• blacklist
• booklist