revivalist noun 2adjective 1forms 3 noun2 •Someone who seeks to revive something.And in 1975 one of the hottest Austin ensembles was the posthippie western swing revivalist group known as Asleep at the Wheel. — 2010 •An evangelistic preacher. adjective1 •(US) Evangelistic. formsrevivalists · more revivalist · most revivalist