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socialist

adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈsəʊʃəlɪst/
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  • US: /ˈsoʊ.ʃə.lɪst/
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  • CMU ARPABET: S OW1 SH AH0 L AH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: S OW1 SH AH0 L IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of, belonging to, or constituting a party or political group that advocates socialism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

One who supports or advocates socialism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A member of a party or political group that advocates socialism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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5

adjective

Meaning 5

advocating or following the socialist principles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • socialistic government

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: socialistic

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a political advocate of socialism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: politician, politico, pol, political leader

Narrower terms: communist, commie, Fabian, internationalist, Menshevik, collectivist, leftist, left-winger, Castro, Fidel Castro, Fidel Castro Ruz, Engels, Friedrich Engels, Haywood, Big Bill Haywood, William Dudley Haywood, Proudhon, Pierre Joseph Proudhon, Thomas, Norman Thomas, Norman Mattoon Thomas

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekw- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *sokwéh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokwh2ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokwyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin socius Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sociālisbor. Middle French socialbor. English social Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English socialist From social + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

178 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sosialisties — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Albanian: socialist — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Arabic: اِشْتِرَاكِيّ (ištirākiyy) — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Aragonese: socialista — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Armenian: սոցիալիստական (socʻialistakan) — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Asturian: socialista — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Azerbaijani: sosialist — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Azerbaijani: сосиалист — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Basque: sozialista — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Belarusian: сацыялісты́чны (sacyjalistýčny) — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Bulgarian: социалисти́чески (socialistíčeski) — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Catalan: socialista — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 社會主義的 /社会主义的 (shèhuì zhǔyì de) — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Corsican: sucialista — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Crimean Tatar: sotsialistik — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Czech: socialistický — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Danish: socialistisk — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Dutch: socialistisch — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Dutch: socialistische — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Esperanto: socialisma — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Estonian: sotsialistlik — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Finnish: sosialistinen — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • French: socialiste — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Galician: socialista — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Georgian: სოციალისტური (socialisṭuri) — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • German: sozialistisch — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Greek: σοσιαλιστικός (sosialistikós) — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Hebrew: סוציאליסטי (sotsialísti) — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Hungarian: szocialista — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Indonesian: sosialistis — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Ingrian: sotsialisticeskoi — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Irish: sóisialach — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Italian: socialista — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Japanese: 社会主義の (shakai shugi-no) — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Kazakh: социалистік (sosialistık) — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Korean: 사회주의 (sahoejuui) — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Kyrgyz: социалисттик (sotsialisttik) — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Latin: sociālisticus — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Latvian: sociālistisks — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Lithuanian: socialistinis — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Lithuanian: socialistinė — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Macedonian: социјалистички (socijalistički) — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Malay: sosialis — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Maltese: soċjalist — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Manx: soshiallagh — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Māori: kaioha — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Māori: manawa hapori — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Māori: angapori — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Marathi: समाजवादी (samājvādī) — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Norman: socialiste — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sosialistisk — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sosialistisk — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Occitan: socialista — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Persian: سوسیالیستی (sosiyâlisti) — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Polish: socjalistyczny — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Portuguese: socialista — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Romanian: socialist — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Romanian: сочиалист (socialist) — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Russian: социалисти́ческий (socialistíčeskij) — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Scottish Gaelic: sòisealach — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Serbo-Croatian: социјалистички — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Serbo-Croatian: socijalistički — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Slovak: socialistický — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Slovene: socialističen — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Spanish: socialista — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Swahili: kisoshalisti — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Swedish: socialistisk — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Tagalog: ulnungkuruin — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Tagalog: sosyalista — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Tajik: сотсиалистӣ (sotsialisti) — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Thai: สังคมนิยม (sǎng-kom-ní-yom) — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Turkish: sosyalist — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Turkmen: sotsialistik — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Turkmen: социалистик — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Ukrainian: соціалісти́чний (socialistýčnyj) — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Uzbek: sotsialistik — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Uzbek: социалистик — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Vietnamese: xã hội chủ nghĩa — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Volapük: sogädimik — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Welsh: sosialaidd — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Yiddish: סאָציאַליסטיש (sotsyalistish) — Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism
  • Afrikaans: sosialis — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Albanian: socialist — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Albanian: socialiste — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Arabic: اِشْتِرَاكِيّ (ištirākiyy) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Arabic: اِشْتِرَاكِيَّة (ištirākiyya) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Armenian: սոցիալիստ (socʻialist) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Asturian: socialista — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Azerbaijani: sosialist — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Azerbaijani: сосиалист — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Basque: sozialista — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Belarusian: сацыялі́ст (sacyjalíst) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Belarusian: сацыялі́стка (sacyjalístka) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Bulgarian: социали́ст (socialíst) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Bulgarian: социали́стка (socialístka) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Catalan: socialista — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 社會主義者 /社会主义者 (shèhuì zhǔyì zhě) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 社會黨人 /社会党人 (shèhuìdǎngrén) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Corsican: sucialista — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Czech: socialista — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Czech: socialistka — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Danish: socialist — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Dutch: socialist — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Dutch: socialiste — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Esperanto: socialisto — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Estonian: sotsialist — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Finnish: sosialisti — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • French: socialiste — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Galician: socialista — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Georgian: სოციალისტი (socialisṭi) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • German: Sozialist — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • German: Sozialistin — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Greek: σοσιαλιστής (sosialistís) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Greek: κοινωνιστής (koinonistís) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Hebrew: סוציאליסטי (sotsialísti) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Hebrew: סוציאליסטית (sotsialístit) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Hungarian: szocialista — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Icelandic: sósíalisti — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Indonesian: sosialis — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Irish: sóisialaí — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Italian: socialista — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Japanese: 社会主義者 (shakaishugisha) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Kazakh: социалист (sosialist) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Korean: 사회주의자 (sahoejuuija) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Northern Kurdish: sosyalîst — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Kyrgyz: социалист (sotsialist) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Latin: socialista — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Latvian: sociālists — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Latvian: sociāliste — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Lithuanian: socialistas — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Lithuanian: socialistė — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Macedonian: социјали́ст (socijalíst) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Macedonian: социјали́стка (socijalístka) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Malay: sosialis — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Manx: soshiallagh — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Marathi: समाजवादी (samājvādī) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Norman: socialiste — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sosialist — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sosialist — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Occitan: socialista — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Persian: سوسیالیست (sosiyâlist) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Polish: socjalista — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Polish: socjalistka — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Portuguese: socialista — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Romanian: socialist — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Romanian: socialistă — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Romanian: сочиалист (socialist) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Romanian: сочиалистэ (socialistă) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Russian: социали́ст (socialíst) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Russian: социали́стка (socialístka) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Scottish Gaelic: sòisealach — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Serbo-Croatian: соција̀лист — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Serbo-Croatian: соција̀листа — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Serbo-Croatian: соција̀листкиња — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Serbo-Croatian: socijàlist — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Serbo-Croatian: socijàlista — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Serbo-Croatian: socijàlistkinja — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Slovak: socialista — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Slovak: socialistka — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Slovene: socialist — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Slovene: socialistka — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Spanish: socialista — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Swedish: socialist — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Tagalog: ulnungkumuro — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Tajik: сотсиалист (sotsialist) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Turkish: sosyalist — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Turkmen: sotsialist — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Turkmen: социалист — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Ukrainian: соціалі́ст (socialíst) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Ukrainian: соціалі́стка (socialístka) — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Uzbek: sotsialist — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Uzbek: социалист — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Venetan: sociałista — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Volapük: sogädiman — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Volapük: hisogädiman — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Volapük: jisogädiman — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Welsh: sosialydd — one who supports or advocates socialism
  • Yiddish: סאָציאַליסט (sotsyalist) — one who supports or advocates socialism
Real reading context

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