Synonyms of ideologue

ideologue

noun

ˈī-dē-ə-ˌlȯg 

variants also idealogue

1

as in partisan

one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause

as long as there are ideologues controlling both sides of the aisle, legislative compromise is out of the question

Synonyms & Similar Words

• partisan
• militant
• activist
• crusader
• zealot
• fanatic
• dreamer
• advocate
• supporter
• lover
• fan
• disciple
• true believer
• promoter
• idealist
• champion
• visionary
• red hot
• follower
• enthusiast
• patron
• maniac
• votary
• apostle
• devotee
• fool
• sucker
• cultist
• evangelist
• aficionado
• addict
• freak
• nut
• junkie
• hanger-on
• fiend
• hound
• stalwart
• buff
• bug
• backer
• fancier
• head
• faddist
• booster
• maven
• habitué
• idolizer
• well-wisher
• rooter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dilettante
• dabbler
• nonmilitant

2

as in dreamer

one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world

the revolutionaries proved to be impractical ideologues who had no idea how to run a country

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dreamer
• idealist
• romantic
• romanticist
• visionary
• Don Quixote
• utopian
• theorist
• sentimentalist
• idealizer
• optimist
• fantast
• emotionalist
• reformer
• daydreamer
• thinker
• perfectionist
• Pollyanna
• doctrinaire
• do-gooder
• Micawber
• fantasizer
• woolgatherer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• realist
• pragmatist
• cynic
• pessimist
• defeatist
• empiricist
• hardnose
• empiric

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ideologue

The tax revolt was a successful attempt by a small group of ideologues to capitalize on people’s justifiable anger at the cost-of-living crisis that followed the war in Vietnam, along with California’s runaway home prices. — Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026

But hospitality ideologues like Guidara and Meyer never like to talk about what happens when that selflessness becomes self-destructive. — Adam Reiner, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Sep. 2026

America First ideologues, backed by the government in Washington, condemn Europe in pretty much the same terms that European reactionaries once used against the United States. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

For the rest, Lina Ghotmeh is not an ideologue, in contrast to what French architecture seems increasingly to be moving toward. — Time, Time, 1 July 2026