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

More than 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were systematically ‌massacred in the East African ⁠nation by Hutu extremists over roughly 100 days from April ⁠to July 1994. — Reuters, NBC news, 1 July 2026

Opportunists like the daycare group, which was selling weapons, and extremists — not the hobbyists. — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026

Many of these decisions were made so Netanyahu could retain the support of the far-right extremists keeping him in power and avoid a possible jail sentence on corruption charges. — Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 16 June 2026

More recently, the Department of Justice charged the Southern Poverty Law Center — a civil rights nonprofit accused by Republicans of targeting conservatives in its work tracking extremists — with defrauding donors through payments to informants. — James Pollard, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026

Also on Wednesday, FBI Director Kash Patel warned that the World Cup matches could be targets for extremists. — ABC News, 11 June 2026

Increasingly, however, that tent seems to have room for radicals and ideological extremists while pushing out Democrats who think independently. — Doug Friednash, Denver Post, 3 June 2026

And when Khomeini broke that promise, my father was one of the first to stand up to him and the extremists who hijacked that revolution. — Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 2 June 2026

But Raman’s walked quite the tightrope of being a DSA’er who talks like a back-to-basics liberal while also hanging out with left-wing extremists like Hasan Piker. — Sal Rodriguez, Daily News, 28 May 2026