Standard Lemma guide

democrat

adj · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɛməkɹæt/
  • British, Northern-England, Southern, Standard: /ˈdɛməkɹat/
  • SSB Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US, pin-pen-merger: /ˈdɪməkɹæt/
  • US: pin-pen Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈdeməkɹæt/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈdeməkɹɛt/
  • Scotland, Wales: /ˈdɛməkɾat/
  • CMU ARPABET: D EH1 M AH0 K R AE2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or belonging to the Democratic Party in the United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, derogatory, not-comparable, often, proscribed

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Democratic

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally (historical) as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Someone who rules a representative democracy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A large light uncovered wagon with two or more seats.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A member or supporter of a democratic party.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A member or supporter of the Democratic Party in the United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Alternative letter-case form of democrat (“supporter of democracy”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

an advocate of democratic principles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: populist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent

9

noun

Meaning 9

a member of the Democratic Party

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: politician, politico, pol, political leader

History

Etymology

See democrat.

From French démocrate, from démocratie (modelled on aristocrate (“aristocrat”)), equivalent to demo- + -crat.

Across languages

Translations

111 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 民主黨人 /民主党人 (mínzhǔdǎngrén) — pertaining to the Democratic Party in the U.S.
  • Finnish: demokraatti- — pertaining to the Democratic Party in the U.S.
  • French: démocrate — pertaining to the Democratic Party in the U.S.
  • Georgian: დემოკრატი (demoḳraṭi) — pertaining to the Democratic Party in the U.S.
  • Hungarian: demokrata — pertaining to the Democratic Party in the U.S.
  • Japanese: 民主党員 (minshutōin) — pertaining to the Democratic Party in the U.S.
  • Navajo: Téliijí dah oonéłígíí — pertaining to the Democratic Party in the U.S.
  • Navajo: Dzaanééz — pertaining to the Democratic Party in the U.S.
  • Russian: демократи́ческий (demokratíčeskij) — pertaining to the Democratic Party in the U.S.
  • Albanian: demokrat — supporter of democracy
  • Albanian: demokrate — supporter of democracy
  • Arabic: دِيمُقْرَاطِيّ (dīmuqrāṭiyy) — supporter of democracy
  • Arabic: دِيمُقْرَاطِيَّة (dīmuqrāṭiyya) — supporter of democracy
  • Armenian: դեմոկրատ (demokrat) — supporter of democracy
  • Aromanian: dimucrat — supporter of democracy
  • Aromanian: dimucratã — supporter of democracy
  • Asturian: demócrata — supporter of democracy
  • Azerbaijani: demokrat — supporter of democracy
  • Belarusian: дэмакра́т (demakrát) — supporter of democracy
  • Belarusian: дэмакра́тка (demakrátka) — supporter of democracy
  • Bengali: গণতন্ত্রবাদী (gonotontrobadi) — supporter of democracy
  • Bulgarian: демокра́т (demokrát) — supporter of democracy
  • Bulgarian: демокра́тка (demokrátka) — supporter of democracy
  • Catalan: demòcrata — supporter of democracy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 民主主義者 /民主主义者 (mínzhǔzhǔyìzhě) — supporter of democracy
  • Czech: demokrat — supporter of democracy
  • Czech: demokratka — supporter of democracy
  • Danish: demokrat — supporter of democracy
  • Dutch: democraat — supporter of democracy
  • Dutch: democrate — supporter of democracy
  • Esperanto: demokrato — supporter of democracy
  • Estonian: demokraat — supporter of democracy
  • Finnish: demokraatti — supporter of democracy
  • French: démocrate — supporter of democracy
  • Galician: demócrata — supporter of democracy
  • Georgian: დემოკრატი (demoḳraṭi) — supporter of democracy
  • German: Demokrat — supporter of democracy
  • German: Demokratin — supporter of democracy
  • Greek: δημοκράτης (dimokrátis) — supporter of democracy
  • Hebrew: דֶּמוֹקְרָט (demokrát) — supporter of democracy
  • Hebrew: דמוקרטית (demokratit) — supporter of democracy
  • Hindi: प्रजातंत्रवादी (prajātantravādī) — supporter of democracy
  • Hindi: लोकतन्त्रवादी (loktantravādī) — supporter of democracy
  • Hungarian: demokrata — supporter of democracy
  • Icelandic: demókrati — supporter of democracy
  • Indonesian: demokrat — supporter of democracy
  • Irish: daonlathaí — supporter of democracy
  • Italian: democratico — supporter of democracy
  • Italian: democratica — supporter of democracy
  • Japanese: 民主主義者 (minshushugisha) — supporter of democracy
  • Kazakh: бұқарашыл (būqaraşyl) — supporter of democracy
  • Kazakh: демократ (demokrat) — supporter of democracy
  • Korean: 민주주의자 (minjujuuija) — supporter of democracy
  • Kyrgyz: демократ (demokrat) — supporter of democracy
  • Latvian: demokrāts — supporter of democracy
  • Latvian: demokrāte — supporter of democracy
  • Lithuanian: demokratas — supporter of democracy
  • Lithuanian: demokratė — supporter of democracy
  • Macedonian: демократ (demokrat) — supporter of democracy
  • Mongolian: ардчилагч (ardčilagč) — supporter of democracy
  • Norman: démocrate — supporter of democracy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: demokrat — supporter of democracy
  • Pashto: دېموکرات (demokrāt) — supporter of democracy
  • Persian: دموکرات (demokrât) — supporter of democracy
  • Polish: demokrata — supporter of democracy
  • Polish: demokratka — supporter of democracy
  • Portuguese: democrata — supporter of democracy
  • Romanian: democrat — supporter of democracy
  • Romanian: democrată — supporter of democracy
  • Russian: демокра́т (demokrát) — supporter of democracy
  • Russian: демокра́тка (demokrátka) — supporter of democracy
  • Serbo-Croatian: демо̀крат — supporter of democracy
  • Serbo-Croatian: demòkrat — supporter of democracy
  • Slovak: demokrat — supporter of democracy
  • Slovak: demokratka — supporter of democracy
  • Slovene: demokrat — supporter of democracy
  • Slovene: demokratka — supporter of democracy
  • Spanish: demócrata — supporter of democracy
  • Swahili: mwanademokrasia — supporter of democracy
  • Swedish: demokrat — supporter of democracy
  • Tajik: демократ (demokrat) — supporter of democracy
  • Tatar: демократ (demoqrat) — supporter of democracy
  • Thai: นักประชาธิปไตย (nák-bprà-chaa-tí-bpà-dtai) — supporter of democracy
  • Turkish: demokrat — supporter of democracy
  • Turkmen: demokrat — supporter of democracy
  • Ukrainian: демокра́т (demokrát) — supporter of democracy
  • Ukrainian: демокра́тка (demokrátka) — supporter of democracy
  • Uyghur: دېموكرات (dëmokrat) — supporter of democracy
  • Uzbek: demokrat — supporter of democracy
  • Vietnamese: nhà dân chủ — supporter of democracy
  • Yiddish: דעמאָקראַט (demokrat) — supporter of democracy
  • Finnish: demokraatti — ruler in a democracy
  • French: démocrate — ruler in a democracy
  • Georgian: დემოკრატი (demoḳraṭi) — ruler in a democracy
  • German: Demokrat — ruler in a democracy
  • German: Demokratin — ruler in a democracy
  • Irish: daonlathaí — ruler in a democracy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 民主黨人 /民主党人 (mínzhǔdǎngrén) — supporter of the Democratic Party of the US
  • Finnish: demokraatti — supporter of the Democratic Party of the US
  • French: démocrate — supporter of the Democratic Party of the US
  • German: Demokrat — supporter of the Democratic Party of the US
  • German: Demokratin — supporter of the Democratic Party of the US
  • Hebrew: דמוקרט (demoqrat) — supporter of the Democratic Party of the US
  • Irish: Daonlathaí — supporter of the Democratic Party of the US
  • Japanese: 民主党員 (minshutōin) — supporter of the Democratic Party of the US
  • Korean: 민주당원 (minjudang'won) — supporter of the Democratic Party of the US
  • Navajo: Dzaanééz — supporter of the Democratic Party of the US
  • Russian: демокра́т (demokrát) — supporter of the Democratic Party of the US
  • Russian: демокра́тка (demokrátka) — supporter of the Democratic Party of the US
  • Swahili: Mdemokrasia — supporter of the Democratic Party of the US
  • Swedish: demokrat — supporter of the Democratic Party of the US
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