LEFT WING Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

left wing

noun

as in liberalism

a political belief stressing progress, the essential goodness of humankind, and individual freedom the left wing has lost considerable influence in the party, which is now aggressively courting political moderates

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Recent Examples of left wing With two defenders running at the freshman guard in the final minute with Arkansas hanging on with a two-point lead, Acuff fired a pass on the left wing to an open Trevon Brazile. —

Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 25 Jan. 2026 The second line of junior left wing John Walsh (5-6-11), McCarthy (6-2-8) and senior right wing Brian Murray (4-9-13) has been a reliable group in big games, including a season-opening 4-4 tie against St. John’s Prep. —

Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2026 Arnold nailed a 3-point clutch shot from the left wing that pushed the Huskies’s lead back to double-digits, and Ashlynn Shade added her second perimeter make a minute later off an Arnold steal. —

Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 20 Jan. 2026 Based on line rushes at morning skate Monday, Tkachuk is set to play right wing on Florida’s third forward line alongside left wing Mackie Samoskevich and center Evan Rodrigues. —

Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 19 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for left wing

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Noun

During Vargas Llosa’s lifetime, his political beliefs underwent extreme changes, from supporting Castro’s revolutionary Communism to championing traditional European liberalism, which included an adamantine belief in unregulated markets.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
The 1984 speech that so moved Baldwin remains one of the greatest articulations of American liberalism ever made.

— Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026