communist

noun

com·mu·nist | \ ˈkäm-yə-nist,

-yü-\

Definition of communist

1 : an adherent or advocate of communism

2 capitalized : communard

3a capitalized : a member of a Communist party or movement

b often capitalized : an adherent or advocate of a Communist government, party, or movement

4 often capitalized : one held to engage in left-wing, subversive, or revolutionary activities

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Other Words from communist

communist adjective, often capitalized

communistic \ ˌkäm-yə-ˈni-stik ,

-yü- \ adjective, often capitalized

communistically \ ˌkäm-yə-ˈni-sti-k(ə-)lē ,

-yü- \ adverb

Synonyms & Antonyms for communist

Synonyms

commie, comrade, Red, socialist

Antonyms

capitalist

Examples of communist in a Sentence

communists were plotting an overthrow of the government

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The island split from China in 1949, the result of a bloody civil war, and the old Republic of China government fled to the island after communist forces won victory on the mainland. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Taiwan is Reverse-Engineering Fighter Jet Engines To Power a Cruise Missile," 3 Jan. 2019 Koziol, however, blames Poland's post-war communist rule for Hlond's reticence. — Fox News, "Polish priest set for sainthood criticized for anti-Semitism," 4 July 2018 Koziol, however, blames Poland’s post-war communist rule for Hlond’s reticence. — Washington Post, "Polish priest set for sainthood criticized for anti-Semitism," 4 July 2018 But one reason earlier presidents couldn’t break the taboo of going to China was that hardline anti-communists, led by Nixon himself, would attack any such move as a sign of weakness. — Jeet Heer, The New Republic, "Trump Goes to North Korea. Or Not.," 20 Apr. 2018 Taking off from neighboring countries, CIA U-2s would fly over the airspace of communist bloc countries, taking thousands of pictures of the ground below. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "The CIA Gave U-2 Pilots a Special Diet So They Wouldn't Have To Poop," 18 Oct. 2018 The Luxembourg transmitter was powerful enough to reach nearly everywhere in communist East Germany. — Dominic Green, WSJ, "‘Burning Down the Haus’ Review: East German Punks," 20 Sep. 2018 The wildly popular character of Tabby — an anarcho-communist trans cat-girl who sports an ANTIFA patch and wields a baseball bat to smash capitalism — began life as a caricature of radicals that Wynn felt weren’t strategically minded enough. — Katherine Cross, The Verge, "The Oscar Wilde of YouTube fights the alt-right with decadence and seduction," 24 Aug. 2018 For several years, Joe McCarthy’s paranoid ravings about the communist conspiracy held Washington in a state of terror. — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, "Trump Is Going to Lose His War on Football," 5 June 2018

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