partisan

partisan is a 8-letter English word with 10 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest.
2. noun. The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
3. noun. Any member of such a corps.
4. adjective. Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal.
5. adjective. Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps.
6. noun. A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff.
7. noun. a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries

   Synonyms: partizan

8. noun. an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity

   Synonyms: enthusiast, partizan

9. noun. a fervent and even militant proponent of something

   Synonyms: drumbeater, zealot

10. adjective. devoted to a cause or party

    Synonyms: partizan

Synonyms

partizan, enthusiast, drumbeater, zealot

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in partisan:

aspirant, spartina

Common word forms

partisans, partisanize

Words from these letters

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