COMMUNIST Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

communist

noun

ˈkäm-yə-nist

as in socialist

an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state communists were plotting an overthrow of the government

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Recent Examples of communist During the McCarthy era, overreaching laws, surveillance, and public and private sector reprisals ostensibly targeted alleged communists. —

Bruce Schneier, The Conversation, 27 May 2026 Portofiro and the baroque universe surrounding it—communists on-world, techno-fascists offplanet, and all manner of augmentoids and spooks in the immaterial planes between—can make for a dizzying read. —

Alex James Kane, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026 To get a sentence like that in a communist, radically left-wing city of liberal lunatics is truly amazing. —

Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026 The president has spent a decade calling his rivals communists and traitors, among other hyperbolic insults. —

Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for communist

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socialist

Noun

The race to succeed retiring New York City Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez in the 7th District is leading to one of the top Democratic primaries in the five boroughs, pitting progressives against democratic socialists.

— Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 31 May 2026
In a big American city, a young Indian American democratic socialist is trying to unseat an unpopular Black incumbent on a platform of housing affordability.

— Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026