| nonconformist | (adjective) not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought | Synonyms: unconformist |
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| (adjective) not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion | Synonyms: nonconforming |
| (noun) someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct | Synonyms: recusant |
| nonracist | (adjective) unprejudiced about race | Synonyms: color-blind, colour-blind |
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| novelist | (noun) one who writes novels | - |
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| nudist | (noun) a person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion | Synonyms: naturist |
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| numerologist | (noun) a believer in numerology | - |
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| numismatist | (noun) a collector and student of money (and coins in particular) | Synonyms: coin collector, numismatologist |
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| numismatologist | (noun) a collector and student of money (and coins in particular) | Synonyms: coin collector, numismatist |
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| nutritionist | (noun) a specialist in the study of nutrition | - |
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| oboist | (noun) a musician who plays the oboe | - |
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| obscurantist | (noun) a person who is deliberately vague | - |
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| obstructionist | (noun) someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take | Synonyms: obstructer, obstructor, resister, thwarter |
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| occultist | (noun) a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts | - |
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| oculist | (noun) a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye | Synonyms: eye doctor, ophthalmologist |
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| (noun) a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses | Synonyms: optometrist |
| odist | (noun) a poet who writes odes | - |
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| oenologist | (noun) a specialist in wine making | Synonyms: enologist, fermentologist |
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| onanist | (noun) a person who practices masturbation | Synonyms: masturbator |
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| oncologist | (noun) a specialist in oncology | - |
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| operationalist | (adjective) of or relating to or espousing operationalism | - |
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| ophthalmologist | (noun) a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye | Synonyms: eye doctor, oculist |
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| opportunist | (adjective) taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit | Synonyms: opportunistic, timeserving |
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| (noun) a person who places expediency above principle | Synonyms: self-seeker |
| optimist | (noun) a person disposed to take a favorable view of things | - |
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| optometrist | (noun) a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses | Synonyms: oculist |
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| organist | (noun) a person who plays an organ | - |
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| orientalist | (noun) a specialist in oriental subjects | - |
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| ornamentalist | (noun) someone who decorates | Synonyms: decorator |
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| ornithologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies birds | Synonyms: bird watcher |
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| orthodontist | (noun) a dentist specializing in the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth | - |
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| orthoepist | (noun) a practitioner of orthoepy (especially one of the 17th or 18th century scholars who proposed to reform English spelling so it would reflect pronunciation more closely) | - |
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| orthopaedist | (noun) a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children) | Synonyms: orthopedist |
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| orthopedist | (noun) a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children) | Synonyms: orthopaedist |
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| orthoptist | (noun) a specialist in orthoptics | - |
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| osteologist | (noun) an anatomist who is skilled in osteology | Synonyms: osteologer |
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| osteopathist | (noun) a therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles | Synonyms: osteopath |
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| otolaryngologist | (noun) a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat | Synonyms: ear-nose-and-throat doctor, ENT man, otorhinolaryngologist, rhinolaryngologist |
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| otologist | (noun) a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases | Synonyms: ear doctor, ear specialist |
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| otorhinolaryngologist | (noun) a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat | Synonyms: ear-nose-and-throat doctor, ENT man, otolaryngologist, rhinolaryngologist |
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| pacificist | (noun) someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes | Synonyms: disarmer, pacifist |
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| pacifist | (adjective) opposed to war | Synonyms: dovish, pacifistic |
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| (noun) someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes | Synonyms: disarmer, pacificist |
| palaeontologist | (noun) a specialist in paleontology | Synonyms: fossilist, paleontologist |
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| paleographist | (noun) an archeologist skilled in paleography | Synonyms: paleographer |
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| paleontologist | (noun) a specialist in paleontology | Synonyms: fossilist, palaeontologist |
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| palmist | (noun) fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms | Synonyms: chiromancer, palmister |
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| panegyrist | (noun) an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics | Synonyms: eulogist |
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| panelist | (noun) a member of a panel | Synonyms: panellist |
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| panellist | (noun) a member of a panel | Synonyms: panelist |
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| pantheist | (adjective) of or relating to pantheism | Synonyms: pantheistic |
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| (noun) someone who believes that God and the universe are the same | - |
| pantomimist | (noun) an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression | Synonyms: mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer |
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| pantywaist | (noun) a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive | Synonyms: milksop, Milquetoast, pansy, sissy |
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| papist | (adjective) of or relating to or supporting Romanism | Synonyms: papistic, papistical, popish, R.C., Roman, Roman Catholic, Romanist, romish |
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| (noun) an offensive term for Roman Catholics; originally, a Roman Catholic who was a strong advocate of the papacy | - |
| parachutist | (noun) a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute | Synonyms: parachute jumper, parachuter |
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| parapsychologist | (noun) someone who studies the evidence for such psychological phenomena as psychokinesis and telepathy and clairvoyance | - |
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| parodist | (noun) mimics literary or musical style for comic effect | Synonyms: lampooner |
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| partitionist | (noun) an advocate of partitioning a country | - |
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| pathologist | (noun) a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis | Synonyms: diagnostician |
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| pediatrist | (noun) a specialist in the care of babies | Synonyms: baby doctor, paediatrician, pediatrician |
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| pedodontist | (noun) a dentist who specializes in the care of children's teeth | - |
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| penologist | (noun) a person who studies the theory and practice of prison management | - |
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| percussionist | (noun) a musician who plays percussion instruments | - |
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| perfectionist | (noun) a person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards | - |
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| perinatologist | (noun) an obstetrician specializing in perinatology | - |
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| periodontist | (noun) a dentist specializing in diseases of the gums and other structure surrounding the teeth | - |
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| persist | (verb) be persistent, refuse to stop | Synonyms: hang in, hang on, hold on, persevere |
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| (verb) be in a certain place and not leave | Synonyms: remain, stay, stay put, stick, stick around |
| (verb) continue to exist | Synonyms: die hard, endure, prevail, run |
| pessimist | (noun) a person who expects the worst | - |
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| phalangist | (noun) a Spanish member of General Franco's political party | Synonyms: falangist |
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| pharmacist | (noun) a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs | Synonyms: apothecary, chemist, druggist, pill pusher, pill roller |
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| pharmacologist | (noun) someone trained in the science of drugs (their composition and uses and effects) | Synonyms: pharmaceutical chemist |
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| philanthropist | (noun) someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being | Synonyms: altruist |
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| philatelist | (noun) a collector and student of postage stamps | Synonyms: stamp collector |
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| philhellenist | (noun) an admirer of Greece and everything Greek | Synonyms: Graecophile, philhellene |
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| philologist | (noun) a humanist specializing in classical scholarship | Synonyms: philologue |
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| phlebotomist | (noun) someone who practices phlebotomy | - |
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| phonologist | (noun) a specialist in phonology | - |
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| photojournalist | (noun) a journalist who presents a story primarily through the use of photographs | - |
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| photometrist | (noun) someone who practices photometry | Synonyms: photometrician |
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| phrenologist | (noun) someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull | Synonyms: craniologist |
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| physicist | (noun) a scientist trained in physics | - |
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| physiologist | (noun) a biologist specializing in physiology | - |
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| physiotherapist | (noun) therapist who treats injury or dysfunction with exercises and other physical treatments of the disorder | Synonyms: physical therapist |
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| phytochemist | (noun) a chemist who specializes in the chemistry of plants | - |
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| phytologist | (noun) a biologist specializing in the study of plants | Synonyms: botanist, plant scientist |
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| pianist | (noun) a person who plays the piano | Synonyms: piano player |
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| plagiarist | (noun) someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own | Synonyms: literary pirate, pirate, plagiariser, plagiarizer |
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| playlist | (noun) a list of musical selections for performance or for broadcast by radio | Synonyms: play list |
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| pluralist | (noun) someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society | - |
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| (noun) a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature | - |
| (noun) a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time | - |
| podiatrist | (noun) a specialist in care for the feet | Synonyms: chiropodist, foot doctor |
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| pointillist | (adjective) of or relating to pointillism | Synonyms: pointillistic |
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| (noun) a painter who uses the technique of pointillism | - |
| polemicist | (noun) a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology) | Synonyms: polemic, polemist |
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| polemist | (noun) a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology) | Synonyms: polemic, polemicist |
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| poltergeist | (noun) a ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder | - |
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| polyandrist | (noun) a woman with two or more husbands | - |
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| polygamist | (noun) someone who is married to two or more people at the same time | - |
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| polygynist | (noun) a man with two or more wives | - |
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| polytheist | (noun) one who believes in a plurality of gods | - |
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| pomologist | (noun) someone versed in pomology or someone who cultivates fruit trees | - |
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| populist | (noun) someone who advocates the rights of the common people over those of the elite | - |
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| portraitist | (noun) a painter or drawer of portraits | Synonyms: limner, portrait painter, portrayer |
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| positivist | (adjective) of or relating to positivism | Synonyms: positive, positivistic |
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| (noun) someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes | Synonyms: rationalist |
| postmodernist | (adjective) of or relating to postmodernism | Synonyms: postmodern |
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| pragmatist | (noun) a person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of their actions | - |
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| (noun) an adherent of philosophical pragmatism | - |
| predestinationist | (noun) anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny | Synonyms: determinist, fatalist, predestinarian |
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