COMMIE Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

commie

noun

ˈkä-mē

Definition of commie

as in communist

an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state alleged that commies had infiltrated every level of the federal government

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Recent Examples of commie At other times, he’s called to action as a respected adventurer to investigate missing persons and MacGuffins, which generally leads to a series of globe-spanning scraps with members Axis Powers (sometimes cultists and commies too). — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024 There is the monolithic enemy — commies from North Vietnam, sneak attackers from Imperial Japan, tech spies from China. — Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023 Thank you @elonmusk for stopping the commie who suspended me from Twitter a week before the election. — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 1 Nov. 2022 The only thing more shocking is that the Texas Board of Education didn't try to insert a phrase somewhere saying that global warming was a massive hoax, perpetrated by a cabal of commie climate scientists. — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2010 See All Example Sentences for commie

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The 1980s saw the disappearance of these satellite lists and the emergence of alternatives to the communists.

— Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
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

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Locked in a tight re-election campaign against a democratic socialist, Smiley vetoed a rent control bill passed by the Providence City Council in April.

— Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
There are also several democratic socialists running for Congress this election cycle.

— Irit Skulnik, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

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