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communist

[kom-yuh-nist] / ˈkɒm yə nɪst /
NOUN
card-carrying communist
Synonyms
STRONG
Bolshevik Bolshevist Commie Maoist Marxist Stalinist Trotskyite apparatchik comrade leftist red socialist sympathizer
WEAK
C.P. member Castroite Leninist Party member Viet Cong com-symp fellow traveler member of the Communist Party pinko
Antonyms
WEAK
capitalist conservative

Example Sentences

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A writer, he once worked on cultural issues for Cuba’s communist government, before moving abroad.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Whether the communist government instructed the people I spoke with to share that story isn’t clear.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

Now a picturesque destination for tourists, Prague has been an imperial capital, a flashpoint in religious wars and the site of communist crackdowns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Mao Zedong, the founder of communist China, regularly purged his top lieutenants, sometimes more than once, after bringing them back.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Ho Chi Minh and his communist allies gained control of North Vietnam, with their capital in Hanoi.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.