Standard Lemma guide

propagandist

adj · noun · 4 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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  • UK: /pɹɒpəˈɡandɪst/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: P R AA2 P AH0 G AE1 N D AH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Consisting of or spreading propaganda.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: propagandistic

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person who disseminates propaganda.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to or characterized by propaganda

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: propagandistic

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: communicator

Narrower terms: sloganeer, Goebbels, Joseph Goebbels, Paul Joseph Goebbels

History

Etymology

From propaganda + -ist, after French propagandiste.

Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: propagandist — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Albanian: propagandiste — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Arabic: دَاعٍ (dāʕin) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Arabic: مُرَوِّج (murawwij) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Arabic: مُبَلِّغ (muballiḡ) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Arabic: دَاعِيَة (dāʕiya) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Armenian: պրոպագանդիստ (propagandist) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Azerbaijani: təbliğatçı — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Belarusian: прапаганды́ст (prapahandýst) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Belarusian: прапаганды́стка (prapahandýstka) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Bulgarian: пропаганди́ст (propagandíst) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Bulgarian: пропаганди́стка (propagandístka) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Catalan: propagandista — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Chinese Mandarin: 宣傳員 /宣传员 (xuānchuányuán) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Czech: propagandista — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Czech: propagandistka — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Danish: propagandist — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Dutch: propagandist — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Dutch: propagandiste — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Estonian: propagandist — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Finnish: propagandisti — person who disseminates propaganda
  • French: propagandiste — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Georgian: პროპაგანდისტი (ṗroṗagandisṭi) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • German: Propagandist — person who disseminates propaganda
  • German: Propagandistin — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Hebrew: תַּעֲמוּלָן (ta'amulán) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Hindi: प्रचारक (pracārak) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Hungarian: propagandista — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Irish: bolscaire — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Italian: propagandista — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Japanese: 宣伝員 (senden'in) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Japanese: プロパー (puropā) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Kazakh: насихатшы (nasixatşy) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Korean: 선전원 (seonjeonwon) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Kyrgyz: үгүтчү (ügütcü) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Kyrgyz: пропагандист (propagandist) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Latvian: propagandists — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Latvian: propagandiste — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Lithuanian: propagandistas — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Lithuanian: propagandistė — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Lithuanian: propagandininkas — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Macedonian: пропаганди́ст (propagandíst) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Macedonian: пропаганди́стка (propagandístka) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Mongolian: суртал нэвтрүүлэгч (surtal nevtrüülegč) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Norwegian Bokmål: propagandist — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Iranian Persian: مُبَلِّغ (moballeġ) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Iranian Persian: مُرَوِّج (moravvej) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Polish: propagandysta — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Polish: propagandystka — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Polish: propagandzista — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Polish: propagandzistka — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Portuguese: propagandista — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Romanian: propagandist — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Romanian: propagandistă — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Russian: пропаганди́ст (propagandíst) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Russian: пропаганди́стка (propagandístka) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Russian: пропагандо́н (propagandón) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Serbo-Croatian: пропага̀ндист — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Serbo-Croatian: пропага̀ндистица — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Serbo-Croatian: propagàndist — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Serbo-Croatian: propagàndistica — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Slovak: propagandista — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Slovak: propagandistka — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Slovene: propagandist — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Slovene: propagandistka — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Spanish: propagandista — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Spanish: panfletario — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Swedish: propagandist — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Tajik: таблиғгар (tabliġgar) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Tajik: мубаллиғ (muballiġ) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Thai: นักโฆษณาชวนเชื่อ — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Thai: นักโฆษณา — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Turkish: propagandist — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Turkish: propagandacı — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Ukrainian: пропаганди́ст (propahandýst) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Ukrainian: пропаганди́стка (propahandýstka) — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Uzbek: propagandachi — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Uzbek: targʻibotchi — person who disseminates propaganda
  • Vietnamese: người tuyên truyền — person who disseminates propaganda