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

The same proxies that have worked with the Mexican cartels to get jihadists across our border. —Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025

Arab leaders want to know whether Washington prefers a Syria that is stable and unified under a regime led by former jihadists or is violent and divided. —Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2025

Its military operations did hit areas, particularly in Punjab, known to house the two most potent anti-India jihadist groups, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). —Michael Kugelman, Time, 7 May 2025

Soldiers guard the entrance of a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia after a jihadist attack File footage from 2024 following a siege of the SYL Hotel, where a jihadist group carried out an attack on the building near the presidential palace in Mogadishu, Somalia. —Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for jihadist

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