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

3 senses of republican

Sense 1
Republican -- (a member of the Republican Party)
       => politician, politico, pol, political leader -- (a person active in party politics)

Sense 2
republican -- (an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy))
       => advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent -- (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)

Sense 3
Republican, Republican River -- (a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas)
       INSTANCE OF=> river -- (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles")

Antonyms of adj republican

1 of 2 senses of republican

Sense 2
republican -- (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)

INDIRECT (VIA democratic) -> undemocratic -- (not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals; "the union broke with its past undemocratic procedures")

Similarity of adj republican

2 senses of republican

Sense 1
republican -- (relating to or belonging to the Republican Party; "a Republican senator"; "Republican party politics")

Sense 2
republican -- (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)
       => democratic (vs. undemocratic) -- (characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality; "democratic government"; "a democratic country"; "a democratic scorn for bloated dukes and lords"- George du Maurier)