Antonyms of adj disloyal

2 senses of disloyal

Sense 1
unpatriotic (vs. patriotic), disloyal -- (showing lack of love for your country)


Sense 2
disloyal (vs. loyal) -- (deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle; "disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the papers")

loyal (vs. disloyal) -- (steadfast in allegiance or duty; "loyal subjects"; "loyal friends stood by him")
        => allegiant -- (steadfast in devotion (especially to your lawful monarch or government); "it is impossible to be allegiant to two opposing forces")
        => doglike -- (resembling a dog; especially in devotion; "a doglike affection")
        => hard-core, hardcore -- (intensely loyal; "his hard-core supporters")
        => leal -- (faithful and true; "leal to the core of her intrepid Scottish heart"- Harry Lauder)
        => liege -- (owing or owed feudal allegiance and service; "one's liege lord"; "a liege subject")
        => true-blue -- (marked by unswerving loyalty; "a true-blue American"; "a reliable true-blue country club conservative")

Similarity of adj disloyal

2 senses of disloyal

Sense 1
unpatriotic (vs. patriotic), disloyal -- (showing lack of love for your country)
       => un-American -- (considered contrary to the best interests of the United States)
          Also See-> disloyal#2

Sense 2
disloyal (vs. loyal) -- (deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle; "disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the papers")
       => faithless, traitorous, unfaithful, treasonable, treasonous -- (having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor; "the faithless Benedict Arnold"; "a lying traitorous insurrectionist")
       => insurgent, seditious, subversive -- (in opposition to a civil authority or government)
       => mutinous -- (consisting of or characterized by or inciting to mutiny; "mutinous acts"; "mutinous thoughts"; "a mutinous speech")
       => rebellious -- (participating in organized resistance to a constituted government; "the rebelling confederacy")
       => recreant, renegade -- (having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper")
          Also See-> unpatriotic#1, disloyal#1

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