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

3 senses of whig

Sense 1
Whig -- (a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories)
       => Englishman -- (a man who is a native or inhabitant of England)
       => liberal, liberalist, progressive -- (a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties)

Sense 2
Whig -- (a supporter of the American Revolution)
       => supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend -- (a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library")

Sense 3
Whig -- (a member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil War)
       => politician, politico, pol, political leader -- (a person active in party politics)