Synonyms of partisans

partisans

noun

variants also partizans

plural of partisan

1

as in adherents

one who follows the opinions or teachings of another

partisans of the charismatic leader refuse to tolerate any criticism of him at all

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adherents
• followers
• disciples
• supporters
• acolytes
• devotees
• pupils
• votaries
• fans
• epigones
• soldiers
• advocates
• loyalists
• converts
• students
• liege men
• minions
• votarists
• missionaries
• apostles
• protégés
• proselytizers
• ideologists
• sectarians
• worshipers
• zealots
• idolators
• admirers
• henchmen
• enthusiasts
• scholars
• cultists
• ideologues
• champions
• faithfuls
• worshippers
• flunkeys
• idealogues
• sycophants
• lackeys
• idolaters
• toadies
• myrmidons
• apparatchiks
• backers
• apparatchiki
• satellites
• camp followers
• stooges
• hangers-on
• flunkies
• yes-men
• lickspittles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• leaders
• traitors
• renegades
• defectors
• turncoats
• apostates
• coryphaei

2

as in crusaders

one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause

a partisan of the revolution who was even willing to give her life for it

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dilettantes
• dilettanti
• dabblers
• nonmilitants

3

as in nationalists

one who stubbornly or intolerantly adheres to his or her own opinions and prejudices

she's too much of a political partisan to ever concede that the other side might have a valid point

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nationalists
• fanatics
• sectarians
• bigots
• dogmatists
• purists
• racists
• dogmatizers
• racialists
• doctrinaires
• supremacists
• jingoists
• chauvinists
• sexists

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberals
• freethinkers
• latitudinarians