Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun thomas_paine

1 sense of thomas paine

Sense 1
Paine, Tom Paine, Thomas Paine -- (American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809))
       INSTANCE OF=> American Revolutionary leader -- (a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States)
       INSTANCE OF=> pamphleteer -- (a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues))