LEFTIES Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

lefties

noun

plural of lefty

as in leftists

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capitalists

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Fetterman is viewed as a centrist maverick lawmaker more in line with Schumer’s establishment take on policies than with socialists and progressives in the Democratic Party, whose voices are growing louder in Congress and across the country.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 29 July 2026
On the other side of the aisle, Democrats are in the throes of an internal civil war between moderates and progressives, as democratic socialists successfully oust incumbents.

— Jill Colvin, Fortune, 23 July 2026

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