SOCIALIST Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

socialist

noun

ˈsō-sh(ə-)list

Definition of socialist

as in communist

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 socialist The Democratic Party has reckoned in primary campaigns with a growing wing of democratic socialists. — Linley Sanders, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, pledged to make child care free for all residents. — Moriah Balingit, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, pledged to make childcare free for all residents. — ABC News, 21 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 See All Example Sentences for socialist

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communist

Noun

Born in Hamburg in 1936, Biermann only met his father once – in prison before the Jewish communist was killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
The 1980s saw the disappearance of these satellite lists and the emergence of alternatives to the communists.

— Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026

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