POPULIST Synonyms: 8 Similar and Opposite Words

populist

noun

Definition of populist next

as in socialist

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snoot

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Recent Examples of populist The 76-year-old billionaire populist, who was a dominant force in Thai politics for more than two decades, was released from a Bangkok prison last month to cheering crowds. —

ABC News, 3 June 2026 But the disheveled populist quickly qualified his statement, as the crowd grew quiet again. —

Liz Goodwin The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2026 In 2021, Manzo was elected to Congress with Morena, a political party founded by then-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, another populist who had campaigned against corruption. —

Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026 In Ohio, former Senator Sherrod Brown, who has a long record as a populist, easily won his primary. —

Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 17 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for populist

Recent Examples of Synonyms for populist

socialist

Noun

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
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