Synonyms of communists

communists

noun

plural of communist

as in socialists

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

• socialists
• comrades
• Marxists
• Reds
• commies
• Bolsheviks
• revolutionaries
• leftists
• radicals
• Stalinists
• Trotskyites
• Trotskyists
• lefties
• Leninists
• Maoists
• extremists
• pinks
• pinkos
• social democrats
• revolutionists
• Leninites

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• capitalists

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of communists

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. — ABC News, 31 July 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

By then, even Sartre had lost his enthusiasm for the USSR and had broken with the doctrinaire French communists. — Literary Hub, 21 July 2026

The shift has become a lightning rod for Republicans, who are aggressively branding Democrats as communists. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 17 July 2026

Now, none of the Democratic socialists who are on the ballot identify as communists. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 14 July 2026

To be clear, the Democratic Party has not been taken over by communists. — Nik Popli, Time, 13 July 2026

Why are socialists and communists allowed to run for office in the United States? — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026

Having dismantled the guardrails that Harrington built to exclude communists, the group established new guardrails to exclude anybody opposed to Israel’s destruction. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026