Synonyms of ideologue

ideologue

noun

ˈī-dē-ə-ˌlȯg 

variants also idealogue

1

as in partisan

one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause

as long as there are ideologues controlling both sides of the aisle, legislative compromise is out of the question

Synonyms & Similar Words

• partisan
• activist
• zealot
• militant
• fanatic
• crusader
• advocate
• supporter
• partizan
• true believer
• patron
• idealist
• visionary
• dreamer
• red hot
• fan
• disciple
• head
• follower
• lover
• enthusiast
• maniac
• votary
• devotee
• cultist
• champion
• apostle
• promoter
• fool
• aficionado
• evangelist
• addict
• junkie
• sucker
• nut
• freak
• hanger-on
• stalwart
• hound
• fiend
• buff
• backer
• bug
• afficionado
• fancier
• junky
• faddist
• booster
• maven
• habitue
• habitué
• idolizer
• mavin
• well-wisher
• rooter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dilettante
• dabbler
• nonmilitant

2

as in dreamer

one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world

the revolutionaries proved to be impractical ideologues who had no idea how to run a country

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dreamer
• idealist
• idealizer
• romantic
• theorist
• romanticist
• visionary
• reformer
• Don Quixote
• utopian
• optimist
• sentimentalist
• fantast
• emotionalist
• daydreamer
• thinker
• perfectionist
• Pollyanna
• doctrinaire
• do-gooder
• Micawber
• fantasizer
• woolgatherer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• realist
• pragmatist
• cynic
• pessimist
• defeatist
• empiricist
• hardnose
• empiric

Examples of ideologue in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Conservative and free-speech libertarian pundits seem particularly wedded to the belief that campus ideologues pose a clear and present danger to impressionable young minds, sowing censorious armies of reactionary wokeists. —Hazlitt, 4 Sep. 2024

But DeAngelis is also the most recent conservative ideologue to seemingly be caught literally with his pants down. —Samantha Riedel, Them, 26 Sep. 2024

This legal framework would have been unimaginable in 1974 to all but a handful of conservative ideologues embittered by Nixon’s resignation. —Duncan Hosie / Made By History, TIME, 18 Sep. 2024

The suspect appeared to be a political ideologue with a large social media presence who became disenchanted with Trump after 2016. —Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Sep. 2024