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

Exhibited for the first time outside of Sarajevo, the churning Socialist Realist homage invokes Eugène Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People in figuring partisans heroically overcoming their would-be Nazi aggressors. — Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026

Reynolds tracks the willingness of northern partisans—Carl Schurz, Horace Greeley, Lyman Trumbull, and even Sumner himself—to abandon that cause by the dwindling references to Jamestown and Plymouth. — James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

Meanwhile, partisans continued to spar over dozens of Republican bills that would allow voters to lower property taxes for homeowners by raising sales taxes on everyone. — David Wickert, AJC.com, 23 June 2026

The mood was jovial, and any banter between the English and Croatian partisans was playful. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2026

His lone goal delighted the Swiss partisans, who were banished to the second level of the stadium. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 13 June 2026

The mood this time was understandably less buoyant among the Knicks partisans. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 9 June 2026

But there's also a dynamic here where the partisans on each side justify themselves by looking at the bad examples on the other side. — ABC News, 7 June 2026

With a large pack of Democrats running and just two serious Republican contenders, Democratic partisans feared their fractured vote would let the GOP nab both spots in Tuesday’s top-two primary. — Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026