Synonyms for partisan
- noun
- adjective
All synonyms
Noun
1. Zealot
zealot, supporter, fan, adherent, buff, follower, disciple, aficionado, votary, drumbeater, fanatic, admirer
Other
party man, enthusiast, champion, henchman, particularist, guerrillero
Adjective
Definitions
- n. 1
An adherent to a party or faction.
- adj. 1
Serving as commander or member of a body of detached light troops.
partisan officer, partisan corps
Related words
- Word family
- part partisanry partisanship party
- Other spellings
- partizan
Forms
- Plural
- partisans → zealots, supporters, fans, adherents…
Choose the right word
Partisan has the narrow and odious sense of adhesion to a party, right or wrong. One may be an adherent or supporter of a party and not a partisan.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- zealot James was a right-wing zealot.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| partisan | steady | |
| zealot | rising | |
| votary | steady | |
| particularist | rising | |
| guerrillero | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- fan1
- 4 letters
- buff1
- 6 letters
- zealot2, votary
- 7 letters
- fanatic3, admirer3
- 8 letters
- champion3, follower3, disciple3, henchman2, adherent3
- 9 letters
- supporter3, sectarian4
- 10 letters
- enthusiast4, aficionado5, drumbeater
- 11 letters
- tendentious3, guerrillero
- 13 letters
- particularist
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (zealot2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- partisan
- Italiano
- partigiano
- Español
- partidario
- Deutsch
- Parteigänger