Synonyms of communist

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• socialist
• Marxist
• comrade
• Red
• commie
• Bolshevik
• revolutionary
• leftist
• pinko
• Stalinist
• Leninist
• Trotskyite
• Maoist
• Trotskyist
• lefty
• pink
• social democrat
• extremist
• radical
• revolutionist
• Leninite

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• capitalist

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of communist

The John Birch Society, an organization that also alleged that communists were behind the Civil Rights Movement, agreed. — Aaron Coy Moulton, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026

Yet, in America hard core cadres of extreme, violence-friendly leftists, who are communists in all but name, are poised to gain control of the Democratic Party. — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Leon Trotsky was fatally attacked in his Mexico City home by a Spanish communist wielding an ice ax. — USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

But as left-leaning Democrats and democratic socialists like New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who is Muslim, score wins in local and national races, Republicans have repeatedly decried the party’s progressive wing as communists devoid of religion. — Krysta Fauria, Fortune, 31 July 2026