Synonyms of republican

Noun


1. Republican, politician, politico, pol, political leader

usage: a member of the Republican Party

2. republican, advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent

usage: an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy)

3. Republican, Republican River

usage: a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas

Adjective


1. republican

usage: relating to or belonging to the Republican Party; "a Republican senator"; "Republican party politics"

2. republican, democratic (vs. undemocratic)

usage: having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government; "the United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government"- United States Constitution; "a very republican notion"; "so little republican and so much aristocratic sentiment"- Philip Marsh; "our republican and artistic simplicity"-Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Definition and meaning of republican (Dictionary)