SOCIALIST Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

socialist

noun

ˈsō-sh(ə-)list

as in communist

an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state a lifelong socialist who never lost faith in his cause

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Recent Examples of socialist The Gaza war fueled the core of support for Zohran Mamdani and his generation of New York socialists. —

Ben Smith, semafor.com, 22 June 2026 In that second leadership election, he was roundly defeated by Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran socialist whose victory dragged the party leftwards. —

Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 20 June 2026 Raman, by comparison, is a progressive democratic socialist. —

Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026 Bass and Pratt are also facing Raman, a democratic socialist who has leaned into fighting homelessness. —

Anne Bryson, CBS News, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for socialist

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communist

Noun

The adaptation of Georgy Demidov’s eponymous novel, set in the Soviet Union in 1937 during Stalin’s Great Purge, tells the story of a young local prosecutor and dedicated communist who starts to question his undying faith in the regime.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026
What better way to distinguish God-fearing Americans from the godless communists of the Soviet Union than to put God on the money?

— David Williamson, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2026