SOCIALISTS Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

socialists

noun

plural of socialist

as in communists

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 socialists 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 Israel’s first government was led by nationalists and socialists. —

Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 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 These modern socialists go after their prey by extensive regulation. —

Steve Forbes, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024 Modern fascist parties might have accommodated themselves to electoral democracy, as did many socialists and archconservatives before them. —

Justin Casey, Foreign Affairs, 19 Jan. 2023