Definitions

politician

[pol-i-tish-uhn] / ˌpɒl ɪˈtɪʃ ən /

NOUN

person pursuing or occupying elective office

Synonyms

STRONGEST

congressperson lawmaker leader legislator member of Congress officeholder president representative senator

STRONG

orator partisan speaker

WEAK

Party member baby-kisser boss handshaker member of parliament office seeker public servant statesperson whistle-stopper

Example Sentences

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Appeared in the October 10, 2025, print edition as 'How Paxton Got Rich As a Texas Politician'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Corenswet, who has previously appeared in TV series The Politician, Hollywood and We Own This City, is the fourth person to play the role in a major Superman movie, and the first for a decade.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025

Beckles is a long-time East Bay Politician who previously served on the Richmond City Council and unsuccessfully ran for state Assembly in 2018 with Sanders’ backing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

As journalist Franklin Foer elaborates in his acclaimed book on Biden’s presidency, The Last Politician, politics for Biden is the “means by which a society mediates its difference of opinion, allowing for peaceful coexistence.”

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2024

He goes on to say that he has purchased two eminent gentlemen, who write under the names "Honest Politician" and "Americanus."

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Conway, Moncure Daniel

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