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 socialist seems to be walking back a campaign promise to expand the city’s billion-dollar rental voucher program. —

Editorial Board, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2026 The new mayor is fond of his On the Waterfront rhetoric, and tends to suggest that, before the socialists came to power, city government was dismissive of the poor and working class. —

Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026 Another democratic socialist, Rae Huang, is calling for more public housing and a reduction in the number of police officers, with the cost savings poured into other city services. —

Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026 At least Mamdani was honest and campaigned as a socialist. —

Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for socialist

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communist

Noun

Unhumans uses the term communists interchangeably with progressives and Cultural Marxists (the modern right’s term for anyone who believes in left-of-center ideas about race, gender, and sexuality).

— Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
The politically insurgent son of one of America’s wealthiest families, a staunch communist and sworn enemy of the plutocratic environment he was born and raised in, creates a revolutionary base in rural Massachusetts so as to fight against capitalism from within.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026