SOCIALIST Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

socialist

noun

ˈsō-sh(ə-)list

Definition of socialist

as in communist

an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state a lifelong socialist who never lost faith in his cause

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Recent Examples of socialist After victories in New York City, democratic socialists are taking their fight against the Democratic establishment to Colorado. — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 30 June 2026 The democratic socialists have embraced policies that reject free-market economics, advocate enormous expansions of government power and portray capitalism itself as inherently oppressive. — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2026 The fight in Colorado's primaries is the latest example of a trend cropping up elsewhere, with progressives and democratic socialists seeking to shake up or fundamentally change the Democratic Party, in a dynamic that could define the cycle. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 30 June 2026 As New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and fellow democratic socialists celebrated a trio of insurgent leftist victories that rocked last week’s House primaries in New York, so did congressional Republicans. — Alexei Koseff, Washington Post, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for socialist

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communist

Noun

These are not social democrats, these are hardcore godless communists.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 June 2026
He’s gone as far as to call them communists.

— NBC news, NBC news, 28 June 2026

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