SOCIALISTS Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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Recent Examples of socialists 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 In 2026, for instance, upset victories by Democratic Socialist candidates in New York, with an 11% turnout, and Colorado, with a 34% turnout, led to a spate of news stories about the success of socialists. — Robert Boatright, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026 The New York representative has been a big name in the Democratic Socialists of America as socialists establish a political foothold in positions across the country. — Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026 Mamdani is one of the most prominent democratic socialists following his election last November. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2026 These included their overall assessment of the democratic socialists, the relatively new mayor Mamdani, and Ocasio-Cortez, the four-term congresswoman who hasn't ruled out a 2028 run for president. — Terry Collins, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026

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communists

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The Republican government fled to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war with Mao Zedong’s communists, and the Republic of China remains the island’s formal name.

— Reuters, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2026
The communists, even with their party leaders imprisoned or in hiding, retained 81 out of 100 seats.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026

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