socialist

noun

so·​cial·​ist ˈsō-sh(ə-)list 

1

: one who advocates or practices socialism

2

capitalized : a member of a party or political group advocating socialism

socialist adjective often capitalized

socialistic

ˌsō-shə-ˈli-stik 

adjective

socialistically

ˌsō-shə-ˈli-sti-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Synonyms

• commie
• communist
• comrade
• Red

Examples of socialist in a Sentence

a lifelong socialist who never lost faith in his cause

Recent Examples on the Web

That was demonstrated on the night before Newsom’s announcement when Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — two East Coast democratic socialists — attracted nearly 30,000 people at an anti-Trump rally in a Republican congressional district near Sacramento. —George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025

But America’s regulated economy and social safety net didn’t just materialize after an invasion of socialists from Mars. —Mark Green, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025

What's to stop a radical left president from using these enormous new powers to fire the whole Trump bureaucracy and replace it with socialists? —Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025

Consider their ratings of Bernie Sanders, who caucuses with the Democratic Party but describes himself as a democratic socialist. —David Campbell, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing socialist

• anti-socialist
• socialist realism