Synonyms of leftist

leftist 1 of 2

adjective

as in liberal

Related Words

• liberal
• rightist
• reactionary
• progressive
• conservative
• subversive
• fanatic
• excessive
• inflammatory
• extremist
• violent
• provocative
• revolutionary
• incendiary
• radical
• ultra
• provoking
• rabid
• exciting
• revolutionist
• agitating
• inciting
• fomenting
• dissenting
• rabble-rousing
• instigating

Dissimilar Words

• central
• moderate
• traditional
• centrist
• conventional
• orthodox
• middle-of-the-road
• rational
• reasonable
• sensible
• nonrevolutionary
• levelheaded

leftist

2 of 2

noun

as in pinko

Related Words

• pinko
• lefty
• communist
• socialist
• pink
• Marxist
• commie
• Red
• social democrat
• Trotskyite
• Trotskyist
• Bolshevik
• Leninist
• Stalinist
• Maoist
• extremist
• comrade
• radical
• revolutionary
• revolutionist
• Leninite

Dissimilar Words

• capitalist

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of leftist

Adjective

This week, Cuba commemorated Castro with events including the International Book Fair, art exhibitions, concerts and gatherings of delegates from leftist organizations across the continent. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

Last December, Bolivia’s new right-wing government restored ties with Israel that had been suspended by its leftist predecessors. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026

The earthquake is one of the first major challenges for Colombia’s new far-right President Abelardo de la Espriella, who took office only last week and has promised to strike hard at criminal groups and leftist militants in Colombia. — Rocio Munoz, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026

The new president has pledged to intensify military operations and air strikes against guerrilla, drug-trafficking and paramilitary groups, while ending peace negotiations begun under his predecessor, leftist President Gustavo Petro. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026

The event’s description and choice of speakers showed overlapping anti-government narratives used to garner sympathy for leftist and Islamic extremists alike. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2026

In New York, a slate of leftist congressional candidates endorsed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani – Claire Valdez, Brad Lander and Darializa Avila Chevalier – all won their primary races June 23. — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026

However, that relationship took a sharp turn during former President Gustavo Petro's administration, the first leftist president in the country's history. — CBS News, 8 Aug. 2026

There’s also Anne Carson’s 2005 collection of poetry and essays, Decreation, and the French leftist manifesto The Coming Insurrection published in 2007 by an anonymous author known as The Invisible Committee. — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 5 Aug. 2026

Noun

Tuesday night was a very good night to be a leftist in New York City. — Philip Elliott, Time, 24 June 2026

Raman is more likely than Bass to pick up the voters who chose community organizer Rae Huang, a leftist who, like Raman, is a DSA member. — Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026

In New York, an inspiring young leftist competed against a boorish, but experienced, former governor to replace a corrupt mayor. — Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026

The president, Claudia Sheinbaum, is a leftist with a PhD in engineering who prides herself on her scientific background. — Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 17 May 2026

The last pope, Francis, could be filed away by American conservatives as an anti-American Latin American leftist, but Leo can’t. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 2 May 2026

Melton’s Austin starts as a baby leftist crying over a dead bee, then becomes torn between the authentic Korean cultural education Chairwoman Park claims to offer him and the increasingly ambitious Ashley, who wants to leverage Austin’s heritage for her own personal gain. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026

In nearby Venezuela, the rise of President Hugo Chávez, a leftist, in 1999 meant oil and aid began flowing again. — Carmen Sesin, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026

Fearing a tougher-than-expected race for one of Texas’s two Senate seats, Republicans are trying to cast Democratic candidate James Talarico as a radical leftist out of step with voters. — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2026