| Democratic 1. (a.) Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people. 2. (a.) Relating to a political party so called. 3. (a.) Befitting the common people; -- opposed to aristocratic. Thesaurus Entries absolute, aristocratic, authoritarian, autocratic, autonomous, bureaucratic, civic, civil, classless, constitutional, despotic, dictatorial, egalitarian, fascist, federal, federalist, federalistic, governmental, gubernatorial, heteronomous, libertarian, matriarchal, matriarchic, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, official, oligarchal, oligarchic, parliamentarian, parliamentary, patriarchal, patriarchic, pluralistic, political, popular, representative, republican, self-governing, theocratic, totalitarian |