All formalist synonyms
for·mal·ism
F f noun formalist
- stickler — a person who insists on something unyieldingly (usually followed by for): a stickler for ceremony.
- non-enforceable — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
- trainer — a person or thing that trains.
- authoritarian — If you describe a person or an organization as authoritarian, you are critical of them controlling everything rather than letting people decide things for themselves.
- bully — A bully is someone who uses their strength or power to hurt or frighten other people.
- stickler — a person who insists on something unyieldingly (usually followed by for): a stickler for ceremony.
- master — botmaster
- tyrant — a sovereign or other ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly.
- despot — A despot is a ruler or other person who has a lot of power and who uses it unfairly or cruelly.
- teacher — a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
- sundowner — Chiefly British. an alcoholic drink taken after completing the day's work, usually at sundown.
- sergeant — Ancient Eboracum. a city in North Yorkshire, in NE England, on the Ouse: the capital of Roman Britain; cathedral.
- idealist — a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. Synonyms: optimist, perfectionist, reformer, visionary, utopianist. Antonyms: pragmatist, skeptic, cynic.
- quibbler — an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
- fusspot — a fussbudget.
- purist — strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
- enforcer — One who enforces.
- fussbudget — a fussy or needlessly fault-finding person.