FLAG-WAVERS Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

flag-wavers

noun

plural of flag-waver

as in nationalists

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

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Recent Examples of flag-wavers Onstage at this month’s AmericaFest, the annual conference hosted by Kirk’s organization Turning Point, Aldean and his wife, Brittany, spoke openly about their role as country-music flag-wavers for the MAGA movement. —

Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2025

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nationalists

Noun

The group at the center of the feud, the UPA, was founded by nationalists loyal to Ukrainian nationalist leader Stepan Bandera.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 20 June 2026
As the 1956 Suez Crisis helped crystallize an alliance between Arab nationalists and the Soviet Union, this anti-Zionist ideology took root in the Middle East.

— Adam Louis-Klein, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026