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flag-waver

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of flag-waver

one who shows excessive favoritism towards his or her country

  • a newspaper columnist who never manages to be anything other than a knee-jerk flag-waver
Synonyms of flag-waver

chauvinist, jingo, nationalist, superpatriot
Words Related to flag-waver

loyalist, patriot

hawk, warmonger

nativist
Near Antonyms of flag-waver

internationalist

neutralist

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