Synonyms of apparatchiks

apparatchiks

noun

variants also apparatchiki

plural of apparatchik

as in minions

disapproving a very loyal member of an organization (such as a company or political party) who always obeys orders

party apparatchiks

Related Words

• minions
• soldiers
• adherents
• sycophants
• converts
• toadies
• lackeys
• myrmidons
• henchmen
• flunkies
• acolytes
• lickspittles
• stooges
• satellites
• hangers-on
• yes-men
• disciples
• epigones
• votaries
• faithfuls
• followers
• loyalists
• camp followers
• apostles
• missionaries
• pupils
• partisans
• proselytizers
• protégés
• students
• supporters
• liege men
• ideologists
• advocates
• champions
• votarists
• ideologues
• fans
• sectarians
• zealots
• cultists
• enthusiasts
• devotees
• scholars
• backers
• worshippers
• admirers
• idolaters

Dissimilar Words

• traitors
• defectors
• turncoats
• renegades
• apostates
• leaders
• coryphaei

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of apparatchiks

Xi’s brand of resentful nationalism, meanwhile, comes with a strong anti-American streak, and security apparatchiks see CIA spies everywhere. — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026

The group ventriloquized the voices of authority—parents, school principals, cops, military officers, judges, politicians, newscasters, Soviet apparatchiks—and turned them into expressions of mass insanity. — Andrew Katzenstein, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026

This agitprop is vomited out 24/7 by Democrat media apparatchiks who were also unerringly described by Orwell in his novel 1984. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025