alarmists

Definition of alarmistsnext
plural of alarmist

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for alarmists
Noun
  • During the battles against IS, thousands of extremists and tens of thousands of women and children linked to them were taken to detention camps.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • That was Sokolowski’s introduction to a network of sadistic online extremists.
    Curt Devine, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Berets were fashionable among radicals and the very old.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Wood argues that colleges are not only staffed with a disproportionate number of radicals who indoctrinate the students but also have turned everything from dormitory management to the dining halls over to the left.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • What’s more, proponents of attachment parenting also indicate that carried babies tend to be happy babies and spend more time alert and observing their environment.
    Sherri Gordon, Parents, 22 Feb. 2026
  • But many believers and UAP disclosure proponents remain optimistic.
    Brett Tingley, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Only a few of her captors speak French, so most of her days are spent nonverbally (and Depardon reinforces the isolation by not subtitling the rebels’ dialogue in their native language).
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Despite denim enthusiasts often being drawn to traditionally masculine iconography—such as the Wild West, cowboys, and Hollywood rebels like Marlon Brando and James Dean—what truly defines the subculture is a deep appreciation for nostalgia, freedom, and self-expression.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Those funds often backed far-right Republican insurgents.
    CBS News, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Amid the nods to social media and cancel culture and the shallow perils of modern celebrity, the image of Taylor-Joy’s disciplined group of insurgents, who speak in almost archaic, poetic dialogue, strikes a bracing contrast.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Environmental advocates opposed relying on voluntary agreements as the plan’s primary pathway, instead pushing for firm, enforceable minimum flow standards, while water agencies continued to support the voluntary approach.
    Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The planned construction has drawn criticism from environmental advocates and local activists, who are urging Congress to halt the project.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Iris Apatow and Costa D'Angelo are the latest troublemakers to stir the pot at Baird.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Mindy went from having sort of nothing to too much, and the idea of Mindy and Alfie was just too irresistible, these two troublemakers who find each other.
    Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 21 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • This is the final day of Lent for Christians and focuses on the remembrance of both the foot washing and the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the apostles.
    Chris Sims, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
  • In the Christian religion, the Last Supper — the final meal Jesus shared with his apostles before his crucifixion — was a Passover feast.
    Lianna Norman, Florida Times-Union, 16 Feb. 2026
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“Alarmists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alarmists. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.

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