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 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 The left always chooses career violent criminals and/or drug addicts as their heroes & martyrs, and communists anarchist like AOC blow the dog whistle. —

Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024 The group was founded as the Vitez Order in 1920 as a Hungarian nationalist group that contested the country’s communist rule, and is now recognized as a far-right group with antisemitic views. —

Ty Roush, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for communist