nationalist

nationalist

adjective

Definition of NATIONALIST

1

having or showing excessive favoritism towards one's own country <a nationalist rant against the immigrants supposedly flooding the country>

Synonyms chauvinist, chauvinistic, jingoist, jingoistic, nationalistic, superpatriotic

Related Words spread-eagle; loyal, patriotic; antiforeign, anti-immigrant, nativist, nativistic, xenophobic

Near Antonyms internationalist

2

having or showing love and support for one's country <nationalist fervor is often at its highest when a country is at war>

Synonyms nationalist, nationalistic

Related Words chauvinist; jingoist, jingoistic, superpatriotic; constant, devoted, faithful, loyal, staunch (also stanch), steadfast, steady, true; ardent, fervent, fervid, impassioned, passionate

Near Antonyms traitorous, treasonous; disaffected, disloyal, faithless, false, fickle, inconstant, perfidious, recreant, treacherous, unfaithful

Antonyms unpatriotic