Partisan

//ˈpɑː.tɪˌzæn//

Synonyms for "partisan" (217 found)

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Closest matches (44)

Adjective(1 words)
close-minded

Strong matches (65)

Related words (108)

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Adjective(1 words)
particularist
Adjective(1 words)
partizan

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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capable of

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has context

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related to

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similar

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Translations

95 translations across 28 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • anëmbajtës noun (adherent to a party)
  • anëmbajtës noun (fervent supporter of a party)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • πλατύλογχον noun (type of spear)

Arabic

2 entries
  • حِزْبِيّ adj (adherent to a party or faction)
  • حِزْبِيّ noun (adherent to a party)

Armenian

2 entries
  • կողմնակից noun (adherent to a party)
  • համախոհ noun (adherent to a party)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • отдаден adj (devoted to a party or group)
  • партиен adj (adherent to a party or faction)
  • партизански adj (serving as a commander or member of a body of detached light troops)
  • копие noun (type of spear)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 闊頭槍 /阔头枪 noun (type of spear)

Czech

4 entries
  • partyzánský adj (serving as a commander or member of a body of detached light troops)
  • stoupenecký adj (devoted to a party or group)
  • stranický adj (adherent to a party or faction)
  • stoupenec noun (adherent to a party)

Danish

2 entries
  • partisan noun (type of spear)
  • partisoldat noun (fervent supporter of a party)

Dutch

1 entries
  • aanhanger noun (adherent to a party)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • partizano noun (fervent supporter of a party)

Finnish

4 entries
  • partisaani adj (serving as a commander or member of a body of detached light troops)
  • puolue adj (adherent to a party or faction)
  • puolue adj (devoted to a party or group)
  • puolueellinen adj (devoted to a party or group)

French

4 entries
  • partisan adj (adherent to a party or faction)
  • partisan adj (devoted to a party or group)
  • partisan adj (serving as a commander or member of a body of detached light troops)
  • partisane adj (adherent to a party or faction)

German

2 entries
  • Partisan noun (fervent supporter of a party)
  • Partisane noun (type of spear)

Greek

4 entries
  • μεροληπτικός adj (adherent to a party or faction)
  • θιασιώτης noun (fervent supporter of a party)
  • οπαδός noun (adherent to a party)
  • οπαδός noun (fervent supporter of a party)

Hindi

2 entries
  • पक्षधर noun (adherent to a party)
  • पक्षपाती noun (adherent to a party)

Ido

2 entries
  • partisano noun (adherent to a party)
  • partizano noun (type of spear)

Irish

3 entries
  • claonpháirteach adj (adherent to a party or faction)
  • páirtiseán noun (type of spear)
  • páirtíneach noun (adherent to a party)

Italian

3 entries
  • partigiana noun (adherent to a party)
  • partigiana noun (type of spear)
  • partigiano noun (adherent to a party)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • бедерлі найза noun (type of spear)

Polish

4 entries
  • bojowniczy adj (serving as a commander or member of a body of detached light troops)
  • partyzancki adj (serving as a commander or member of a body of detached light troops)
  • kapralski kij noun (type of spear)
  • partyzana noun (type of spear)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • partidário adj (adherent to a party or faction)
  • partasana noun (type of spear)
  • partidário noun (adherent to a party)
  • partidário noun (fervent supporter of a party)

Romanian

2 entries
  • părtinitor adj (devoted to a party or group)
  • partizan noun (fervent supporter of a party)

Russian

4 entries
  • парти́йный adj (adherent to a party or faction)
  • партиза́нский adj (serving as a commander or member of a body of detached light troops)
  • аде́пт noun (adherent to a party)
  • алеба́рда noun (type of spear)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • taobhaiche noun (adherent to a party)

Spanish

2 entries
  • partesana noun (type of spear)
  • partidario noun (adherent to a party)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • партиза́нський adj (serving as a commander or member of a body of detached light troops)

Volapük

1 entries
  • züpel noun (adherent to a party)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • סעקטאַנטיש adj (adherent to a party or faction)
  • סעקטאַנטיש adj (devoted to a party or group)
  • פּאַרטיייִש adj (adherent to a party or faction)
  • פּאַרטיייִש adj (devoted to a party or group)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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Partisan politics is getting in the way of necessary finance reform.

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What does a bike path have to do with partisan politics?

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This kind of partisan skulduggery has no place in a government agency.

Source: tatoeba (8965566)

Tom Jackson is a partisan hack.

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