communists

NOUN

card-carrying communist

Synonyms

STRONG

Bolshevik Bolshevist Commie Maoist Marxist Stalinist Trotskyite apparatchik comrade pinko red socialist sympathizer

WEAK

C.P. member Castroite Leninist Party member Viet Cong com-symp fellow traveler member of the Communist Party

Antonyms

WEAK

capitalist conservative

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communists

Wax figures of scrappy, earnest young communists gesticulate during a 1921 meeting frozen in time, debating how best to bring Marxism to China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Thousands of families are still hoping to reclaim ancestral land that was taken by the communists after World War II, with some claiming ownership over land allocated to the project.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

During the McCarthy era, overreaching laws, surveillance, and public and private sector reprisals ostensibly targeted alleged communists.

From Salon ● May 28, 2026

But in West Bengal and Tripura - once the great bastions of Left power - the communists have been reduced to a shadow of their former self.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

In October 1949, communists seized power in China, the world’s most populous country.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin