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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in militants

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dilettantes
• dabblers
• nonmilitants

3

as in sectarians

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberals
• freethinkers
• latitudinarians

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of partisans

But the clean provenance and their New York highlife has never appeased Pooh partisans who think Fifth Avenue is much too far from the Hundred Acre Wood. — Steve Hendrix The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026

Overwhelming shares of partisans support their party’s candidates – 98% of Democratic likely voters and 96% of Republican likely voters each support their party candidates. — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

In such seats, the primary becomes the real election, a dynamic that tends to favor the coronation of extremely polarizing nominees since, typically, that electorate is composed of committed partisans. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026

Eventually, Sinclair partisans took matters into their own hands by heckling the fake newsreels and disrupting screenings. — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026

Harald paid tribute to the Norwegian partisans who had fought alongside the Soviets during World War II, helping to restore the memory of a segment of the population that had long been marginalized in the official narrative of the war. — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026

This week’s Pollwatcher answers a reader’s question about how polls select respondents and highlights how partisans in one state have flipped on a Democratic senator. — Scott Clement, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026

As a result, partisans of the political left and right routinely use allegations of plagiarism to vilify their ideological adversaries. — Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026

Such traits help elevate interactions with the natural world – and might do the same among neighbors, colleagues, and even political partisans. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Aug. 2026