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

Women had long been leaders and chief ideologues in secular movements – such as in the Weather Underground in the United States, Italy’s Red Brigades, Germany’s Red Army Faction and the Basque separatist group ETA. — Sara Harmouch, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

After years of herding his state’s liberal cats, Newsom treats the new breed of progressive ideologues—New York mayor Zohran Mamdani being the exemplar—as Johnny-come-latelies. — Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026

That silence has enabled grifting racial ideologues like Le Batard to make such claims with increasing regularity. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2026

After all, even if a Democrat wins the White House in 2028, the companies empowered by federal money and the ideologues who have taken over institutions will continue to influence Congress and voters. — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026

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

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