PATRIOT Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

patriot

noun

ˈpā-trē-ət

as in loyalist

a person who loves his or her country and supports its interests and policies the contention that true patriots would be willing to do anything for their country

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Recent Examples on the Web But Republicans, particularly in recent decades, have gone into overdrive to claim patriotic symbols as their own, perhaps so voters see them as the nation’s true patriots. —

Mark Clague, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2024 His friends outside the services, who just wanted to live their lives without being bothered by anything else, while fervent patriots, criminals and regime opponents alike perished at the front. —

Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024 Since editors routinely reprinted news from other papers, readers could observe their fellow patriots at work even in Colonies far away. —

Barbara Clark Smith, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2024 No, Europe’s bravest patriots are the Ukrainians — fighting and dying to save their country from annihilation by Putin. —

Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for patriot

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