Synonyms of the word

separatist

• n. Someone who advocates separation from the established Church; a member of any of various sects or schismatics.
• n. A person who advocates or seeks the splitting of one country or territory into two politically independent…
• adj. Advocating ecclesiastical separation.
• adj. Advocating or seeking the separation of one country or territory into two politically independent countries…

advocate

• n. Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.
• n. Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.
• n. A person who speaks in support of something.
• n. A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.
• v. (transitive) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support,…
• v. (transitive) To encourage support for something.
• v. (intransitive, with for) To engage in advocacy.

advocator

• n. One who advocates.

breakaway

• adj. Having broken away from a larger unit.
• adj. Capable of breaking off without damaging the larger structure.
• adj. (ice hockey) Occurring during or as a result of a breakaway (see Noun).
• adj. (entertainment industry) Enjoying rapid popular success.
• n. The act of breaking away from something.
• n. (cycling) A group of riders which has gone ahead of the peloton.
• n. (ice hockey) A situation in the game where one or more players of a team attack towards the goal of the…
• n. (boxing) The act of getting away from one's opponent; the separation of the boxers after a spell of infighting.
• n. (Australia) A stampede of animals.
• n. (Australia) An animal that breaks away from a herd.
• n. A yo-yo trick.

exponent

• n. One who expounds, represents or advocates.
• n. (linguistics) A manifestation of a morphosyntactic property.

fissiparous

• adj. Factious, tending to break into pieces.
• adj. Causing division or fragmenting something (often appearing in the collocation "fissiparous tendencies").
• adj. (biology) Of cells that reproduce through fission, splitting into two.

independent

• adj. not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.
• adj. (politics) not affiliated with any political party.
• adj. Providing a comfortable livelihood.
• adj. Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.
• adj. Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
• n. A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a freethinker, free of a party platform.
• n. A neutral or uncommitted person.
• n. (sports) A team not affiliated with any league or conference.

proponent

• n. One who supports something; an advocate.
• adj. Making proposals; proposing.

separationist

• n. A separatist.