The politician pushed for reform by denouncing the corruption of the government officials.
Source: tatoeba (2020)
Politician
//ˌpɒl.ɪˈtɪʃ.ən//
Synonyms for "politician" (66 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (33)
Related word relations
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More general
4 entriesMore specific
15 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
38 entriesShowing 16 of 38 words.
derived
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
derived from
2 entriesdesires
6 entrieshas property
2 entriesis a
7 entriesnot desires
2 entriesrelated to
33 entriesShowing 16 of 33 words.
Translations
150 translations across 89 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- politikus noun (one engaged in politics)
Albanian
4 entries- burrë shtet noun (one engaged in politics)
- politikan noun (one engaged in politics)
- zyrtar noun (one engaged in politics)
- zyrtare noun (one engaged in politics)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πολιτικός noun (one engaged in politics)
Arabic
2 entries- سِيَاسِيَّة noun (one engaged in politics)
- سِيَاسِيّ noun (one engaged in politics)
Armenian
1 entries- քաղաքական գործիչ noun (one engaged in politics)
Asturian
1 entries- políticu noun (one engaged in politics)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- siyasətçi noun (one engaged in politics)
Bashkir
2 entries- сәйәсмән noun (one engaged in politics)
- сәйәсәтсе noun (one engaged in politics)
Basque
1 entries- politikari noun (one engaged in politics)
Belarusian
2 entries- палі́тык noun (one engaged in politics)
- палі́тычка noun (one engaged in politics)
Bengali
1 entries- রাজনীতিজ্ঞ noun (one engaged in politics)
Bulgarian
2 entries- полити́к noun (one engaged in politics)
- полити́чка noun (one engaged in politics)
Burmese
1 entries- နိုင်ငံရေးသမား noun (one engaged in politics)
Catalan
2 entries- polític noun (one engaged in politics)
- política noun (one engaged in politics)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 政治家 noun (one engaged in politics)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 從政者 /从政者 noun (one engaged in politics)
- 政客 noun (one engaged in politics)
- 政治家 noun (one engaged in politics)
Corsican
2 entries- pulitica noun (one engaged in politics)
- puliticu noun (one engaged in politics)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- siyasetçi noun (one engaged in politics)
Czech
2 entries- politik noun (one engaged in politics)
- politička noun (one engaged in politics)
Danish
1 entries- politiker noun (one engaged in politics)
Dutch
2 entries- politica noun (one engaged in politics)
- politicus noun (one engaged in politics)
Esperanto
1 entries- politikisto noun (one engaged in politics)
Estonian
1 entries- poliitik noun (one engaged in politics)
Finnish
1 entries- poliitikko noun (one engaged in politics)
French
4 entries- femme politique noun (one engaged in politics)
- homme politique noun (one engaged in politics)
- politicien noun (one engaged in politics)
- politicienne noun (one engaged in politics)
Galician
1 entries- político noun (one engaged in politics)
Georgian
2 entries- პოლიტიკოსი noun (one engaged in politics)
- პოლიტიკური მოღვაწე noun (one engaged in politics)
German
2 entries- Politiker noun (one engaged in politics)
- Politikerin noun (one engaged in politics)
Greek
1 entries- πολιτικός noun (one engaged in politics)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- politisyen noun (one engaged in politics)
Hawaiian
1 entries- loea kālaiʻāina noun (one engaged in politics)
Hebrew
2 entries- פּוֹלִיטִיקַאי noun (one engaged in politics)
- פוליטיקאית noun (one engaged in politics)
Hindi
2 entries- नीतिज्ञ noun (one engaged in politics)
- राजनीतिज्ञ noun (one engaged in politics)
Hungarian
1 entries- politikus noun (one engaged in politics)
Icelandic
1 entries- stjórnmálamaður noun (one engaged in politics)
Indonesian
2 entries- politikus noun (one engaged in politics)
- politisi noun (one engaged in politics)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- سایِس noun (one engaged in politics)
- سِیاسَتْمَدار noun (one engaged in politics)
- پولیتیسْیَن noun (one engaged in politics)
Irish
1 entries- polaiteoir noun (one engaged in politics)
Italian
2 entries- politica noun (one engaged in politics)
- politico noun (one engaged in politics)
Japanese
2 entries- 政客 noun (one engaged in politics)
- 政治家 noun (one engaged in politics)
Kazakh
2 entries- саясаткер noun (one engaged in politics)
- саясатшы noun (one engaged in politics)
Khmer
1 entries- អ្នកនយោបាយ noun (one engaged in politics)
Korean
2 entries- 정치가 noun (one engaged in politics)
- 정치인 noun (one engaged in politics)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- саясатчы noun (one engaged in politics)
Lao
1 entries- ນັກການເມືອງ noun (one engaged in politics)
Latvian
2 entries- politiķe noun (one engaged in politics)
- politiķis noun (one engaged in politics)
Lithuanian
2 entries- politikas noun (one engaged in politics)
- poli̇̀tikė noun (one engaged in politics)
Luganda
1 entries- munnabyabufuzi noun (one engaged in politics)
Macedonian
2 entries- политичар noun (one engaged in politics)
- политичарка noun (one engaged in politics)
Malay
1 entries- ahli politik noun (one engaged in politics)
Malayalam
1 entries- രാഷ്ട്രീയക്കാരന് noun (one engaged in politics)
Maltese
2 entries- politika noun (one engaged in politics)
- politiku noun (one engaged in politics)
Marathi
1 entries- राजकारणी noun (one engaged in politics)
Mongolian
2 entries- улс төрч noun (one engaged in politics)
- ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠲᠥᠷᠦᠴᠢ noun (one engaged in politics)
Māori
1 entries- kaitōrangapū noun (one engaged in politics)
Norman
2 entries- politicien noun (one engaged in politics)
- politicienne noun (one engaged in politics)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- siyasetkar noun (one engaged in politics)
- siyasetmedar noun (one engaged in politics)
- siyasetvan noun (one engaged in politics)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- politiker noun (one engaged in politics)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- politikar noun (one engaged in politics)
Occitan
4 entries- politic noun (one engaged in politics)
- politica noun (one engaged in politics)
- politician noun (one engaged in politics)
- politiciana noun (one engaged in politics)
Pashto
1 entries- سياست پوه noun (one engaged in politics)
Polish
2 entries- polityczka noun (one engaged in politics)
- polityk noun (one engaged in politics)
Portuguese
2 entries- política noun (one engaged in politics)
- político noun (one engaged in politics)
Punjabi
2 entries- ਰਾਜਨੀਤੀਵਾਨ noun (one engaged in politics)
- ਸਿਆਸਤਦਾਨ noun (one engaged in politics)
Romanian
2 entries- politician noun (one engaged in politics)
- politiciană noun (one engaged in politics)
Russian
3 entries- поли́тик noun (one engaged in politics)
- полити́ческий де́ятель noun (one engaged in politics)
- политика́н noun (one engaged in politics)
Scots
2 entries- poleetician noun (one engaged in politics)
- politeecian noun (one engaged in politics)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fear-poilitigs noun (one engaged in politics)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- polìtičār noun (one engaged in politics)
- polìtičārka noun (one engaged in politics)
- полѝтича̄р noun (one engaged in politics)
- полѝтича̄рка noun (one engaged in politics)
Slovak
2 entries- politička noun (one engaged in politics)
- politík noun (one engaged in politics)
Slovene
2 entries- politik noun (one engaged in politics)
- političarka noun (one engaged in politics)
Spanish
3 entries- politicastro noun (one engaged in politics)
- política noun (one engaged in politics)
- político noun (one engaged in politics)
Swedish
1 entries- politiker noun (one engaged in politics)
Tagalog
1 entries- politiko noun (one engaged in politics)
Tajik
2 entries- сиёсатмадор noun (one engaged in politics)
- сиёсатшинос noun (one engaged in politics)
Tatar
1 entries- сәясәтче noun (one engaged in politics)
Tetum
1 entries- polítiku noun (one engaged in politics)
Thai
1 entries- นักการเมือง noun (one engaged in politics)
Turkish
2 entries- politikacı noun (one engaged in politics)
- siyasetçi noun (one engaged in politics)
Turkmen
1 entries- syýasatçy noun (one engaged in politics)
Ukrainian
2 entries- полі́тик noun (one engaged in politics)
- полі́тичка noun (one engaged in politics)
Urdu
2 entries- سِیاسَت دان noun (one engaged in politics)
- سِیاسَتْدان noun (one engaged in politics)
Uyghur
1 entries- سىياسەتچى noun (one engaged in politics)
Uzbek
1 entries- siyosatchi noun (one engaged in politics)
Vietnamese
3 entries- chính khách noun (one engaged in politics)
- chính trị gia noun (one engaged in politics)
- nhà chính trị noun (one engaged in politics)
Waigali
1 entries- vëi nëvňe ëla odë noun (one engaged in politics)
Walloon
2 entries- politicresse noun (one engaged in politics)
- politikî noun (one engaged in politics)
Welsh
2 entries- gwleidydd noun (one engaged in politics)
- gwleidyddwr noun (one engaged in politics)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּאָליטיקער noun (one engaged in politics)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
The reporter shot questions at the politician.
Source: tatoeba (20192)
The reporter criticized the politician.
Source: tatoeba (20196)
We tried again to bump off the politician, but couldn't do it.
Source: tatoeba (31466)
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