PARTISAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does partisan mean?
• PARTISAN (noun)
The noun PARTISAN has 3 senses:
1. a fervent and even militant proponent of something
2. an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
3. a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
Familiarity information: PARTISAN used as a noun is uncommon.
• PARTISAN (adjective)
The adjective PARTISAN has 2 senses:
1. devoted to a cause or party
2. adhering or confined to a particular sect or denomination or party
Familiarity information: PARTISAN used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PARTISAN (noun)
Meaning:
A fervent and even militant proponent of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
partisan; drumbeater; zealot
Hypernyms ("partisan" is a kind of...):
advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "partisan"):
bigot (a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own)
doctrinaire; dogmatist (a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions)
Antonym:
nonpartisan (a person who is nonpartisan)
Meaning:
An ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
enthusiast; partizan; partisan
Hypernyms ("partisan" is a kind of...):
admirer; booster; champion; friend; protagonist; supporter (a person who backs a politician or a team etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "partisan"):
addict; freak; junkie; junky; nut (someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction)
backslapper (someone who demonstrates enthusiastic or excessive cordiality)
balletomane (a ballet enthusiast)
fanatic; fiend (a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause))
gadgeteer (a person who delights in designing or building or using gadgets)
shutterbug (a photography enthusiast)
fan; rooter; sports fan (an enthusiastic devotee of sports)
Meaning:
A pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
partizan; partisan
Hypernyms ("partisan" is a kind of...):
pike (medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet)
• PARTISAN (adjective)
Meaning:
Devoted to a cause or party
Synonyms:
partisan; partizan
Similar:
party-spirited (devoted to a political party)
tendencious; tendentious (having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one)
Antonym:
nonpartisan (free from party affiliation or bias)
Meaning:
Adhering or confined to a particular sect or denomination or party
Synonyms:
partisan; denominational
Context example:
denominational prejudice
Similar:
sectarian (belonging to or characteristic of a sect)
