patriot

Speech parts

1. patriot - Noun

2. patriot - Adjective

3. Patriot - Proper noun

Meaning

One who loves his country, and zealously supports its authority and interests.

Becoming to a patriot; patriotic.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

nationalist loyalist subject volunteer partisan utilitarian protectionist belligerent devotee compatriot countryman bigot nationalistic militarist jingo
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Antonyms

judas canary informer fink leaver rat
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Hypernyms

national subject

Hyponyms

jingo chauvinist jingoist patrioteer flag-waver hundred-percenter

Examples

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. Edward Abbey

My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober. G. K. Chesterton

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool. John Dryden

I think very poorly of United Russia. United Russia is the party of corruption, the party of crooks and thieves. And it is the duty of every patriot and citizen of our country to make sure that this party is destroyed. Alexei Navalny

I'm a patriot of the heart. Sylvester Stallone

A politician will do anything to keep his job-even become a patriot. William Randolph Hearst

Close letter words and terms

patrin patriological patriology Patriot missile Patriot's Day Patriote