The war on Iraq is a volatile subject of political debate; any wrong word and a heated argument could spark.
Source: tatoeba (1936)
Political
//pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl//
Synonyms for "political" (64 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (32)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
102 entriesShowing 16 of 102 words.
derived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
similar
6 entriesTranslations
124 translations across 85 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- politieke adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Albanian
1 entries- politik adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πολιτικός adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Arabic
1 entries- سِيَاسِيّ adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Armenian
1 entries- քաղաքական adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Asturian
1 entries- políticu adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- siyasi adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Bashkir
1 entries- сәйәси adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Basque
1 entries- politiko adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Belarusian
1 entries- паліты́чны adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Bengali
1 entries- রাজনৈতিক adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Bulgarian
1 entries- полити́чески adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Buryat
1 entries- политическэ adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Catalan
2 entries- polític adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- polític adj (motivated by political calculation)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 政治 adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 政治 adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- 政治上的 adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- 政治的 adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Czech
1 entries- politický adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Danish
1 entries- politisk adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Dutch
4 entries- partijpolitiek adj (motivated by political calculation)
- politiek adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- politiek adj (motivated by political calculation)
- politiek adj (of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power or authority)
Esperanto
1 entries- politika adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Estonian
1 entries- poliitiline adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Finnish
3 entries- poliittinen adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- poliittinen adj (motivated by political calculation)
- poliittinen adj (of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power or authority)
French
1 entries- politique adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Galician
2 entries- político adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- político adj (motivated by political calculation)
Georgian
1 entries- პოლიტიკური adj (concerning or relating to politics)
German
1 entries- politisch adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Greek
4 entries- δημόσιος adj (of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power or authority)
- πολιτειακός adj (of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power or authority)
- πολιτικός adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- πολιτικός adj (motivated by political calculation)
Hebrew
3 entries- פּוֹלִיטִי adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- פּוֹלִיטִי adj (motivated by political calculation)
- פוליטי adj (of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power or authority)
Hindi
2 entries- राजनीतिक adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- सियासी adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Hungarian
1 entries- politikai adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Icelandic
1 entries- pólitísk adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Ido
1 entries- politikala adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Interlingua
1 entries- politic adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Irish
1 entries- polaitiúil adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Italian
1 entries- politico adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Japanese
3 entries- 政治的な adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- 政治的な adj (motivated by political calculation)
- 政治的な adj (of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power or authority)
Kannada
4 entries- ಆಳ್ವಿಕೆಯ adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- ರಾಜಕೀಯ adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- ರಾಜಕೀಯದ adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- ರಾಜ್ಯನೀತಿಯ adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Kazakh
1 entries- саяси adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Khmer
1 entries- នយោបាយ adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Korean
2 entries- 정치 adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- 정치적 adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- саясий adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Latin
1 entries- polīticus adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Latvian
3 entries- politisks adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- politisks adj (motivated by political calculation)
- politisks adj (of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power or authority)
Macedonian
3 entries- политички adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- политички adj (motivated by political calculation)
- политички adj (of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power or authority)
Malay
1 entries- politik adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Malayalam
1 entries- രാഷ്ട്രീയമായ adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Marathi
1 entries- राजकीय adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Mongolian
2 entries- улс төрийн adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠲᠥᠷᠦ ᠶ᠋ᠢᠨ adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Māori
1 entries- tōrangapū adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- polîtîk adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- siyasî adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- politisk adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- politisk adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Occitan
1 entries- politic adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- سیاسی adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Pashto
1 entries- سياسي adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Persian
1 entries- سیاسی adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Polish
1 entries- polityczny adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Portuguese
2 entries- político adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- político adj (motivated by political calculation)
Punjabi
3 entries- ਰਾਜਨੀਤਿਕ adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- ਸਿਆਸਤੀ adj (motivated by political calculation)
- ਸਿਆਸੀ adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Romanian
3 entries- politic adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- politic adj (motivated by political calculation)
- politic adj (of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power or authority)
Russian
3 entries- полити́ческий adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- полити́ческий adj (motivated by political calculation)
- полити́ческий adj (of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power or authority)
Scots
1 entries- poleetical adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- poileataigeach adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- polìtičkī adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- полѝтичкӣ adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Sindhi
1 entries- سياسي adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Slovak
1 entries- politický adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Slovene
1 entries- političen adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Spanish
1 entries- político adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Swedish
1 entries- politisk adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Tagalog
1 entries- pampolitika adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Tajik
1 entries- сиёсӣ adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Tatar
1 entries- сәяси adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Tetum
1 entries- polítiku adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Thai
1 entries- การเมือง adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Turkish
3 entries- politik adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- siyasal adj (concerning or relating to politics)
- siyasi adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Turkmen
1 entries- syýasy adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Tuvan
1 entries- политиктиг adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Ukrainian
1 entries- політи́чний adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Urdu
1 entries- سیاسی adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Uyghur
1 entries- سىياسى adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Uzbek
1 entries- siyosiy adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chính trị adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Welsh
1 entries- gwleidyddol adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Yakut
1 entries- политическай adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּאָליטיש adj (concerning or relating to politics)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Communism was the political system in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, but that stopped in 1993.
Source: tatoeba (19259)
Corporate political donations are coming under heavy scrutiny.
Source: tatoeba (20736)
Foreign investors backed off because of regional political unrest.
Source: tatoeba (21892)
Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.