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 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 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 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 That film also saw the president's plane hijacked by dirty rotten commies (Gary Oldman this time instead of Nancy Stephens) and, just like with Pleasence, the President of the United States is ushered into an escape pod. — Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for commie

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These are not social democrats, these are hardcore godless communists.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 June 2026
He’s gone as far as to call them communists.

— NBC news, NBC news, 28 June 2026

Definition of communist

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The fight in Colorado's primaries is the latest example of a trend cropping up elsewhere, with progressives and democratic socialists seeking to shake up or fundamentally change the Democratic Party, in a dynamic that could define the cycle.

— Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 30 June 2026
After victories in New York City, democratic socialists are taking their fight against the Democratic establishment to Colorado.

— Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 30 June 2026

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