Synonyms for roosevelt
ˈroʊ zəˌvɛlt, -vəlt, ˈroʊz-; spelling pron. ˈru-roo·sevelt

Princeton's WordNet

1. Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, F. D. Roosevelt, President Roosevelt, President Franklin Roosevelt, FDRnoun

   32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)

2. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor Rooseveltnoun

   wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962)

3. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, President Roosevelt, President Theodore Rooseveltnoun

   26th President of the United States; hero of the Spanish-American War; Panama Canal was built during his administration

   "Theodore Roosevelt said `Speak softly but carry a big stick'" (1858-1919)

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1. • President Of The United States
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1. Mike Langston:

   Teddy Roosevelt didn't use a mouthpiece.

2. Eleanor Roosevelt:

   No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt, This is My Story

3. Ron Klain:

   We now have a presidency where the president has delivered the largest economic recovery plan since Roosevelt, the largest infrastructure plan since Eisenhower, the most judges confirmed since Kennedy, the second-largest health care bill since Johnson and the largest climate change bill in history … The first time we've done gun control since President Clinton was here, the first time ever an African American woman has been put on the U.S. Supreme Court … I think it’s a record to take to the American people.

4. John David Dingell:

   We saw some rather great things, the President( Franklin D. Roosevelt) declared war the day after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor( December 8, 1941). We saw Winston Churchill on the 26th of December, 1941, when he came to address United States Congress.

5. Grover Norquist:

   I'm told that it would, my preference is to replace Teddy Roosevelt because Teddy Roosevelt was a statist and a progressive Republican as opposed to a Reagan Republican. Does Teddy Roosevelt deserve the kind of status that a Jefferson and a Washington have ? The answer is yes, Teddy Roosevelt does.