YOUNG TURKS Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

young Turks

noun

plural of young Turk

as in radicals

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American Muslims for Palestine has repeatedly come under fire over leading members’ past ties to foreign terrorists, though the group denies supporting such radicals.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 26 June 2026
Every House Democrat, in safe and competitive districts alike, will now answer to the radicals calling the shots.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 24 June 2026

Definition of radicals

Noun

More than 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were systematically ‌massacred in the East African ⁠nation by Hutu extremists over roughly 100 days from April ⁠to July 1994.

— Reuters, NBC news, 1 July 2026
Opportunists like the daycare group, which was selling weapons, and extremists — not the hobbyists.

— Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026

Definition of extremists

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The establishment’s theory of the case has always been that popular insurgents are too risky, too unpolished, too outside the lane.

— Tad Devine, Fortune, 7 July 2026
Fujimori, 51, is the daughter of late President Alberto Fujimori, who governed the country with an iron fist from 1990 to 2000 and was credited with defeating Maoist insurgents and taming runaway hyperinflation.

— Reuters, NBC news, 4 July 2026

Definition of insurgents

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Or was July 4, 1776, for the revolutionaries who founded the US, actually an undistinguished day?

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
Trade the tricorn hats, bonnets and homespun shirts for flip flops, sneakers and soccer jerseys, and the intrepid revolutionaries of 1776 would have looked a lot like the people of 2026.

— Katherine Ott, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

Definition of revolutionaries

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Videos showed police beating back agitators with batons and deploying anti-riot ordnance as the demonstrators chanted against the country's conservative Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in a massive political rally.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
White attributed most of the hateful comments to online agitators rather than true WNBA or Indiana Fever fans.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

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