Synonyms of radicals

radicals

noun

plural of radical

as in revolutionaries

a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government

radicals staged large, violent protests in the hopes of toppling the government

Synonyms & Similar Words

• revolutionaries
• extremists
• rebels
• reformers
• revolutionists
• crazies
• anarchists
• insurgents
• leftists
• progressives
• agitators
• reformists
• subversives
• insurrectionists
• reds
• lefties
• separatists
• secessionists
• young Turks
• anarchs
• separationists

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• moderates
• conservatives
• reactionaries
• rightists
• traditionalists
• Tories
• middle-of-the-roaders
• standpatters
• fuddy-duddies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of radicals

During the nineteenth century, an older form of abolitionism was led by Black radicals. — Literary Hub, 27 July 2026

In the early days of the republic, there were many radicals and reformers who shared my suspicion that patriotism was an evasion, substituting songs and speeches about liberty for the reality. — Dominic Erdozain, Time, 3 July 2026

American Muslims for Palestine has repeatedly come under fire over leading members’ past ties to foreign terrorists, though the group denies supporting such radicals. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 26 June 2026

Where are the voices of all the mainstream Democrats in response to the takeover by the radicals in the Democratic Party today? — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 June 2026

The one in which his tiny team of negotiators surrendered to the radicals ruling that luckless nation. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2026

The actor got his start on Family Ties, an '80s sitcom about the Keaton family, whose matriarch and patriarch were once 1960s radicals now attempting to raise their Reagan-era children in suburbia. — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 9 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

More than ever, the uneasy mix of liberals and radicals needs to return to that approach. — Michael Kazin, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026