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

That same sentiment is reflected in DSA's strategy to elect more socialists to the city council. — Mikayla Price, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

America’s democratic socialists (note the uncapitalized words) support policies that would bring our economy closer to that of Scandinavian countries. — Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

This year's primary also could test the growing clout of democratic socialists, who have traveled from across the country to help campaign for Bush. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

Polling suggests deriding Democrats as socialists also won't be effective come the November election. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026

And that is why progressives, democratic socialists, are doing so well all over this country. — NBC news, 2 Aug. 2026

Collins instead again called on Ossoff to denounce Democratic socialists, and said that ideology did not belong in Georgia. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 31 July 2026

Fetterman is viewed as a centrist maverick lawmaker more in line with Schumer’s establishment take on policies than with socialists and progressives in the Democratic Party, whose voices are growing louder in Congress and across the country. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 29 July 2026

On the other side of the aisle, Democrats are in the throes of an internal civil war between moderates and progressives, as democratic socialists successfully oust incumbents. — Jill Colvin, Fortune, 23 July 2026