patriotic

patriotic

adjective

Definition of PATRIOTIC

having or showing love and support for one's country <hanging a flag outside one's home is a patriotic gesture>

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