SOCIALIST Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

socialist

noun

ˈsō-sh(ə-)list

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 dramedy starred Katrin Sass as a devoted socialist with a weak heart who falls into a coma in October 1989, shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall. —

Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024 We’re cursed with loudmouth, throwback hippie socialists in high places, but Arlington’s a pretty, quiet town bracketed by mountains and made famous by Norman Rockwell, who lived and did his best work here from the 1930s into the ’50s. —

Brian T. Allen, National Review, 19 Dec. 2024 Forte, on the campaign trail, had leaned heavily into the argument that Ocasio-Cortez and her fellow Democrats are socialists. —

Mike Lillis, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024 The irony in all this is that the boulevard was named after a socialist, Henry Gaylord Wilshire (1861–1927). —

Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for socialist