What does "socialist" mean?

One who supports or advocates socialism.

How do you pronounce "socialist"?

Pronounced //ˈsoʊ.ʃə.lɪst//.

Common synonyms include: agrarian communalist, collectivist, communalist policies, communalist thinker, communalistic, communistic.

/ˈsoʊ.ʃə.lɪst/ adj, noun

adj, noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Noun

1
One who supports or advocates socialism.
"A contest, who can do most for the common good, is not the kind of competition which Socialists repudiate."
2
A member of a party or political group that advocates socialism.
3
a political advocate of socialism wordnet

Adjective

1
Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism.
"...it must be remembered that in a Socialist farm or manufactory, each labourer would be under the eye not of one master, but of the whole community."
2
Of, belonging to, or constituting a party or political group that advocates socialism. not-comparable
"An intelligent Socialist movement will use their patriotism, instead of merely insulting it, as hitherto."

Adjective

"Communism was the political system in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, but that stopped in 1993."

From social + -ist.