DEMOCRATS Synonyms: 8 Similar and Opposite Words

democrats

noun

plural of democrat

as in socialists

one who advocates or practices social equality a true democrat, he has always abhorred that nation's class system

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Recent Examples of democrats Despite the massive suppression of leftwing parties, the social democrats lost only one seat. — Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026 Hers is the type of tony background many democrats have been running away from lately. — Wendy Naugle, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026 Right now, democrats hold seven of the state's eight seats in Congress. — Caroline Foreback, CBS News, 31 July 2026 Cao obviously wants to do well by the Navy, and, by putting his heart into the job, even some democrats are urging the Administration to fast-track Cao’s nomination. — Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026 As my son Wes aptly said, the moral of the story is that some democrats seem okay with Nazi symbolism but not a Jewish state. — Doug Friednash, Denver Post, 3 June 2026 According to Politico, the bill, presented by Republican Representative Nicole Malliotakis, of New York, was defeated in a 216-204 vote, with six Republicans joining democrats in voting against it. — News Desk, Artforum, 22 May 2026 Why is school choice anathema to democrats? — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2026 So far, Xi continues to favor struggling autocrats over powerful democrats, and has shown little inclination to change course. — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026

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socialists

Noun

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

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