Synonyms of socialists

socialists

noun

plural of socialist

as in communists

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• communists
• Reds
• commies
• Marxists
• comrades
• leftists
• revolutionaries
• Bolsheviks
• lefties
• Stalinists
• Trotskyites
• Leninists
• radicals
• Trotskyists
• extremists
• pinks
• pinkos
• Maoists
• social democrats
• revolutionists
• Leninites

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• capitalists

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of socialists

There are also several democratic socialists running for Congress this election cycle. — Irit Skulnik, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

Trump has also recently taken to labeling certain Democrats as socialists. — Kevin Igoe, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

The Democratic Party has reckoned in primary campaigns with a growing wing of democratic socialists. — Linley Sanders, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

But when looking at larger, highly populated nations that have elected democratic socialists to run their economies, the outcomes are very different from those experienced in the Nordic nations. — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 21 Oct. 2026

The trouble with trying to please anti-zionist socialists and Reagan Republicans? — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026

But, even then, American socialists walked a fine line—they were considered too radical for the mainstream and a mere bourgeois affectation by committed class revolutionaries. — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

There are socialists, libertarians, progressives, and conservatives. — Jason Thurlkill, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Each of these figures has had to face the long-standing assumption in American politics that socialists just can’t find traction in the United States. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026