politician

politician
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. office-holder or -seeker; legislator, senator, etc.; diplomat, machinator, Machiavellian, strategist, wire-puller. See cunning.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [One who follows politics professionally]
Syn. officeholder, office seeker, party man, partisan, legislator, lawmaker, lawgiver, congressman, member of parliament, MP, bureaucrat, politico.
2. [A statesman]
Syn. diplomat, lawmaker, governmental leader; see statesman .
3. [One who plays politics]
Syn. agitator, demagogue, timeserver, political panderer, poser, rabble rouser, baby-kisser*, arm-waver*, spoilsmonger*, Man on Horseback*.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
public servant, office holder, politico, civil servant, statesman, legislator, lawmaker, democrat, republican, congressman, senator, representative, bureaucrat, *baby kisser. Trustees of the people.''—Grover Cleveland. A dealer in promises.''—Gabriel Chevallier.
WORD FIND
• appeals to prejudices of people to win them over: demagogue
• attacks opponents, associate who: hatchetman
• candidate who already holds office: incumbent
• candidate who is unlikely to win: dark horse
• conservative party member: Republican
• conserver of the past: conservative, mossback
• extremist: radical
• liberal: democratic
• middle-of-the-roader: moderate
• older, respected politician: elder statesman
• outsider who is resented: carpetbagger
• party leader: whip
• party, member of neither: independent
• progress and reform, advocates: liberal
• serves party interests over his/her own: good soldier
• skilled, respected politician: statesman
• sob story suckers: bleeding heart liberals
• southern conservative democrats: boll weevils
• veterans: old guard
• weakened politician after loss of election: lame duck

English dictionary for students. 2013.

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