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

On election night in 2025, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani began his victory speech by quoting Eugene Debs, one of the most prominent socialists in 20th-century American politics. — Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026

The Democrat party is now the party of Bernie Sanders, and AOC and democratic socialists. — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

If the Democrats get more people to the polls, Patrick said socialists will be running Texas, a claim that has been common throughout this election cycle. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026

The most important struggle in German politics was not between the Nazis and the KPD, but between the socialists and the Communists. — Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026

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