Synonyms of ideologue

ideologue

noun

variants also idealogue

1

as in partisan

one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause

as long as there are ideologues controlling both sides of the aisle, legislative compromise is out of the question

Synonyms & Similar Words

• partisan
• activist
• zealot
• militant
• fanatic
• crusader
• advocate
• supporter
• partizan
• true believer
• patron
• idealist
• visionary
• dreamer
• red hot
• fan
• disciple
• head
• follower
• lover
• enthusiast
• maniac
• votary
• devotee
• cultist
• champion
• apostle
• promoter
• fool
• aficionado
• evangelist
• addict
• junkie
• sucker
• nut
• freak
• hanger-on
• stalwart
• hound
• fiend
• buff
• backer
• bug
• afficionado
• fancier
• junky
• faddist
• booster
• maven
• habitue
• habitué
• idolizer
• mavin
• well-wisher
• rooter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dilettante
• dabbler
• nonmilitant

2

as in dreamer

one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world

the revolutionaries proved to be impractical ideologues who had no idea how to run a country

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dreamer
• idealist
• idealizer
• romantic
• theorist
• romanticist
• visionary
• reformer
• Don Quixote
• utopian
• optimist
• sentimentalist
• fantast
• emotionalist
• daydreamer
• thinker
• perfectionist
• Pollyanna
• doctrinaire
• do-gooder
• Micawber
• fantasizer
• woolgatherer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• realist
• pragmatist
• cynic
• pessimist
• defeatist
• empiricist
• hardnose
• empiric