COMMUNIST Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

communist

noun

ˈkäm-yə-nist

as in socialist

an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state communists were plotting an overthrow of the government

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Recent Examples of communist What’s happening to TikTok is wholly rooted in protectionism, of American political and pundit types who were given life by anti-communism acting as sore losers now that the Chinese people are no longer acting like communists. —

John Tamny, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024 Back then a good communist, like a good Stalinista Democrat today, had to swallow the party line hook, line and sinker lest you be shunned, purged, attacked and drummed out of the party. —

Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 15 Nov. 2024 A lot of people seemingly have no idea what a communist is, just that it should be considered bad. —

Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024 With the end of the war, the Nazis faded, but the communists remained. —

Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for communist