Synonyms of ideologues

ideologues

noun

variants also idealogues

plural of ideologue

1

as in partisans

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

• partisans
• militants
• activists
• crusaders
• zealots
• fanatics
• advocates
• supporters
• dreamers
• lovers
• fans
• disciples
• true believers
• promoters
• idealists
• champions
• visionaries
• followers
• enthusiasts
• red hots
• cultists
• suckers
• patrons
• votaries
• fools
• maniacs
• nuts
• devotees
• apostles
• addicts
• evangelists
• freaks
• stalwarts
• junkies
• aficionados
• buffs
• fanciers
• hounds
• fiends
• hangers-on
• backers
• idolizers
• bugs
• faddists
• boosters
• mavens
• heads
• habitués
• rooters
• well-wishers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dilettantes
• dabblers
• nonmilitants

2

as in dreamers

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

• dreamers
• idealists
• romantics
• utopians
• romanticists
• visionaries
• theorists
• Don Quixotes
• sentimentalists
• idealizers
• optimists
• reformers
• daydreamers
• fantasts
• Pollyannas
• thinkers
• emotionalists
• doctrinaires
• perfectionists
• do-gooders
• fantasizers
• Micawbers
• woolgatherers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• realists
• pragmatists
• cynics
• pessimists
• defeatists
• empiricists
• hardnoses
• empirics

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ideologues

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

Even after a string of recent victories in congressional primaries by members of the Democratic Socialists of America, national Democrats appear slow to recognize that ideologues on the left are attempting a hostile takeover of the party. — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

Unthinking ideologues are the problem. — Sal Rodriguez, Oc Register, 31 May 2026

The ideologues can go somewhere else. — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 27 May 2026

And given the challenges from both left and right, our best hope is to strengthen a political center that brings together moderates who reject the ideologues on their flanks. — Joshua M. Davidson, New York Daily News, 11 May 2026

The people interviewed by Theroux are not ideologues in the traditional sense. — Steven Burg, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026