fellow traveler

noun

: a person who sympathizes with and often furthers the ideals and program of an organized group (such as the Communist party) without membership in the group or regular participation in its activities

broadly : a sympathetic supporter of another's cause

fellow-traveling

ˈfe-(ˌ)lō-ˈtra-v(ə-)liŋ 

adjective

Synonyms of fellow traveler

• supporter
• ally

Examples of fellow traveler in a Sentence

I struck up a conversation with one of my fellow travelers.

He was not a member of the Communist Party or even a fellow traveler.

Recent Examples on the Web

So like Janet Mills, crackpot fellow traveler Jared Golden was getting muscled… from the left. —Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025

One of his favorite examples came from a fellow traveler named Kelly Narowski. —Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025

Diaries kept by Eugenia Zieber describe the privations of the trail, chief among them the frequent deaths of fellow travelers. —Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025

And Geralt took a backseat to a bunch of annoying fellow travelers that kept yapping like nails on a chalkboard. —James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025

Word History

Etymology

translation of Russian popútčik

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fellow traveler

• traveller