POPULIST Synonyms: 8 Similar and Opposite Words

populist

noun

Definition of populist next

as in socialist

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Recent Examples of populist In Ohio, former Senator Sherrod Brown, who has a long record as a populist, easily won his primary. —

Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 17 May 2026 Representing Brahms at his most populist, his 21 Hungarian Dances were composed for piano four-hands and subsequently arranged by Brahms and others for solo piano and orchestra. —

Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026 The Marquis de Morès was the first leader in the West to emerge on the political stage as a populist, an antisemite, and (though the word did not yet exist) a fascist militiaman, all at once. —

Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026 But a Best Picture showdown with One Battle After Another helps Sinners maintain its populist cred. —

Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for populist

Recent Examples of Synonyms for populist

socialist

Noun

One only has to think about the British fight against Nazism to be reminded that it was made of imperialists, constitutionalists, stick-in-the-mud aristocrats, and the socialists who first helped put Winston Churchill into power and then five years later helped push him out again.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Raman, by comparison, is a progressive democratic socialist.

— Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026