Synonyms for partisan
ˈpɑr tə zən, -sən; Brit. ˌpɑr təˈzænpar·ti·san

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1. partisan

   An adherent is one who is devoted or attached to a person, party, principle, cause, creed, or the like. One may be an aider and supporter of a party or church, while not an adherent to all its doctrines or claims. An ally is more independent still, as he may differ on every point except the specific ground of union. The Allies who overthrew Napoleon were united only against him. Allies are regarded as equals; adherents and disciples are followers. The adherent depends more on his individual judgment, the disciple is more subject to command and instruction; thus we say the disciples rather than the adherents of Christ. Partisan has the narrow and odious sense of adhesion to a party, right or wrong. One may be an adherent or supporter of a party and not a partisan. Backer is a sporting and theatrical word, personal in its application, and not in the best usage. Compare ACCESSORY.

   Synonyms:
   adherent, aid, aider, ally, backer, disciple, follower, supporter

   Antonyms:
   adversary, antagonist, betrayer, deserter, enemy, hater, opponent, renegade, traitor

   Preposition:
   Adherents to principle; adherents of Luther.

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1. partisan

   Synonyms:
   adherent, follower, party man, henchman, clansman, supporter, disciple

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1. partisan, zealot, drumbeaternoun

   a fervent and even militant proponent of something

   Synonyms:
   drumbeater, zealot, partizan, enthusiast

   Antonyms:
   nonpartizan, nonpartisan, bipartizan, two-party, independent, two-way, unbiased, unbiassed, bipartisan

2. enthusiast, partisan, partizannoun

   an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity

   Synonyms:
   drumbeater, fancier, zealot, partizan, enthusiast

   Antonyms:
   nonpartizan, nonpartisan, independent, two-party, bipartizan, unbiased, unbiassed, bipartisan, two-way

3. partisan, partizanadjective

   a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries

   Synonyms:
   drumbeater, zealot, partizan, enthusiast

   Antonyms:
   nonpartisan, nonpartizan, bipartizan, two-way, two-party, unbiassed, unbiased, bipartisan, independent

4. partisan, partizanadjective

   devoted to a cause or party

   Synonyms:
   partizan

   Antonyms:
   nonpartizan, nonpartisan, independent, unbiassed, unbiased, two-party, bipartizan, bipartisan, two-way

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1. partisannoun

   Synonyms:
   adherent, follower, supporter, disciple, champion, votary, party man

2. partisannoun

   Synonyms:
   truncheon, staff

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1. partisanadjective

   Synonyms:
   factionary

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1. List of paraphrases for "partisan":

   party-political, supporter, one-sided, party-to-party, non-partisan, factious, party, inter-party, biased

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1. Lorenzo Lynch:

   I think that's a poetic description of what has happened and poetry, like most language, is limited but it does have wings ... to carry a point, Giuliani pushes for Lynch confirmation 'A moderately tough confirmation' Senate Republicans adamantly deny the delay in scheduling a vote on Lynch's nomination is because she is African-American. Many point out that Lynch, if confirmed, would be replacing the country's first African-American attorney general who was confirmed by an overwhelming margin. Instead, Republicans and Democrats say the delay is part of an ongoing partisan battle. For some, it's part of a fight over a human trafficking bill that has stalled in the Senate. For others, the delay is retaliation for President Obama's 2014 executive actions on immigration. On the eve of Holder's announcement of his plans to leave the Department of Justice, the political number crunchers at FiveThrirtyEight.com predicted whoever the President nominated would.

2. Melissa Murray:

   You don't have an opportunity to object to the passage of those restrictive laws in your home state if there are suppressive voter laws -- and of course there are suppressive voter laws, in part because The US Supreme Court has dismantled the Voting Rights Act preclearance regime, the US Supreme Court has absented The US Supreme Court from the question of partisan gerrymandering, so there's no federal court solution. The US Supreme Court's really left to the states to deal with those issues. And The US Supreme Court's a bit like allowing a burglar to correct whatever he's stolen when he's burgled your home.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   This committee was set up, as they have admitted, for the purpose of making a partisan political issue out of the deaths of four Americans, i would never have done that.

4. Donald Trump:

   There is no reason to go any further, and especially in Congress, where it's very partisan -- obviously very partisan.

5. Alan Dershowitz:

   I had been consistent in my views on impeachment since the 1970s, white House Senate's more than I can say for some of my other academic colleagues, who seem to be making their arguments based on partisan considerations.