Synonyms of egalitarian

egalitarian 1 of 2

noun

as in democrat

one who advocates or practices social equality

as egalitarians, they have always promoted policies for equal pay

Synonyms & Similar Words

• democrat
• socialist
• leveller
• leveler
• populist
• social democrat

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• snob
• snoot

egalitarian

2 of 2

adjective

as in democratic

Synonyms & Similar Words

• democratic
• humble
• unpretentious
• modest
• egoless
• antielitist

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• aristocratic
• elitist
• snobbish
• snooty
• snobby
• snotty
• ritzy
• superior
• arrogant
• high-hat
• persnickety
• aloof
• haughty
• pretentious
• pompous
• potty
• high-and-mighty
• supercilious
• presumptuous
• uppity
• imperious
• peremptory
• bumptious
• toffee-nosed
• high-handed
• lordly
• egotistical
• hifalutin
• overweening
• highfalutin
• huffy
• egoistic
• egoistical
• smug
• egotistic
• prideful
• hoity-toity
• huffish
• toplofty
• toploftical
• bigheaded
• self-important
• self-satisfied
• biggety
• stuck-up
• self-conceited
• swelled-headed
• swellheaded
• biggity

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of egalitarian

Adjective

Downtown New York, once an egalitarian nightlife scene where cool mattered more than cash, has lost some of its soul lately: private member’s clubs are a dime a dozen, with more expected on the horizon. —Elise Taylor, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2025

However, a more transparent, democratic, and egalitarian framework for choosing the topic for the next PST must be established, one that both empowers exhibition-makers to pursue their interests and incites them to produce the kind of work that transcends the needs of the present. —Bryan Barcena, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025

Until her 2020 death, Ginsburg continued to fulfill the egalitarian agenda of Carter's post-Watergate presidency. —David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024

That egalitarian nature extends to the Warsaw University Library’s collection, which features books predominately in Polish and English. —Laura Studarus, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024