Synonyms of extremists

extremists

noun

plural of extremist

as in revolutionaries

a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government

extremists wanted to do away with everything, even though they had no thought-out plan for what to do afterwards

Synonyms & Similar Words

• revolutionaries
• radicals
• rebels
• crazies
• reformers
• revolutionists
• insurgents
• anarchists
• leftists
• progressives
• agitators
• reformists
• subversives
• separatists
• lefties
• insurrectionists
• secessionists
• reds
• young Turks
• separationists
• anarchs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• moderates
• conservatives
• rightists
• reactionaries
• middle-of-the-roaders
• traditionalists
• Tories
• standpatters
• fuddy-duddies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of extremists

The caption on the video claims that a group of Muslim extremists kidnapped and beheaded a Christian man for refusing to convert to Islam. — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026

Dictators chose repression, extremists chose violence, and regional powers pursued their interests. — Ayman M. Mohyeldin, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026

Unlike 25 years ago — when extremists, mostly from Saudi Arabia, entered the United States and trained to become deadly pilots — the terror threat facing Europe today is mostly organized online. — Lorne Cook, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Studying extremists These two cases force researchers to grapple with how knowledge about violent movements is actually produced. — Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026

But the settler violence has shown itself to be more widespread than a small band of extremists. — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

In a Michigan swing district just north of Detroit, Democratic congressional candidate Christina Hines said voters are far more worried about affording fuel, groceries and healthcare than about left-wing extremists gaining ground in her party. — Steve Peoples, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

During the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, more than 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed in a campaign of mass murder orchestrated by Hutu extremists. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

In 2022, far-right extremists stormed her reading, seizing viral headlines. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026